xemaclite_mdio_setup(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ xemaclite_mdio_setup 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the xemaclite_mdio_setup page 💖 this is one of those kernel API Manual girlies (the manual name is literally right there in the corner, slay) and she's here to make your Emaclite device's MDIO bus happen. let's get into it 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS

int xemaclite_mdio_setup (struct net_local *lp , struct device *dev );

like yes, that's the whole signature, she's short and sweet and I'm obsessed 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS

  • lp — a pointer to the Emaclite device private data, aka where all the device's business lives 🫶
  • dev — a pointer to the OF device structure. that's your device tree bestie, no cap ✨

💜 DESCRIPTION

so what she does is: this function enables the MDIO bus in the Emaclite device, and then registers a mii_bus. that's it. that's the whole vibe. two steps, both iconic 👑

no cap, if you're bringing an Emaclite device online and you need its MDIO side to exist, this is the function you call. main character energy fr fr 💫

⭐ RETURN

  • 0 upon success 💖 (the happy path, we love her)
  • a negative error upon failure 😭 (she will absolutely tell you something went wrong, negative numbers are how she expresses pain)

🔥 SEE ALSO

okay this is the group chat, and literally everyone is here. the kernel file is ./drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c and here are all her friends, no one left out, periodt:

like look at that roster. ate and left no crumbs 🌈

ngl bestie, if you're poking around this specific function you are deep in the Xilinx ethernet driver, and honestly? respect 🫡

and that's the page!! 🍓 you made it to the end, proud of you 🧚

signing off from ./drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx, dated October 2026 — this manual page said what it said, and what it said was correct 💅✨

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