yt8821_read_status(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is yt8821_read_status(9) — yes, that’s the title and the manual name folded right on in here — and it’s a Kernel API Manual page for yt8821_read_status, which determines the negotiated speed and duplex. no cap, that’s the whole NAME moment. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the signature is literally this, character for character:

int yt8821_read_status (struct phy_device *phydev );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

one argument, one pointer, iconic:

• phydev — a pointer to a struct phy_device. that’s the whole argument tea 🫶

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💖 RETURN 💖

it returns 0 or a negative errno code. that’s the return vibe, bestie ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the long one, and we are not skipping a single reference — periodt. the Kernel file situation is:

• Kernel file: ./drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c

and here’s every single (9) reference, all present and accounted for:

• ytphy_read_ext(9)
• ytphy_read_ext_with_lock(9)
• ytphy_write_ext(9)
• ytphy_write_ext_with_lock(9)
• ytphy_modify_ext(9)
• ytphy_modify_ext_with_lock(9)
• ytphy_get_wol(9)
• ytphy_set_wol(9)
• yt8521_read_page(9)
• yt8521_write_page(9)
• struct ytphy_cfg_reg_map(9)
• struct ytphy_ldo_vol_map(9)
• yt8521_probe(9)
• ytphy_utp_read_lpa(9)
• yt8521_adjust_status(9)
• yt8521_read_status_paged(9)
• yt8521_read_status(9)
• yt8521_modify_bmcr_paged(9)
• yt8521_modify_utp_fiber_bmcr(9)
• yt8521_soft_reset(9)
• yt8521_suspend(9)
• yt8521_resume(9)
• yt8521_config_init(9)
• yt8531_link_change_notify(9)
• yt8521_prepare_fiber_features(9)
• yt8521_fiber_setup_forced(9)
• ytphy_check_and_restart_aneg(9)
• yt8521_fiber_config_aneg(9)
• ytphy_setup_master_slave(9)
• ytphy_utp_config_advert(9)
• ytphy_utp_config_aneg(9)
• yt8521_config_aneg_paged(9)
• yt8521_config_aneg(9)
• yt8521_aneg_done_paged(9)
• yt8521_aneg_done(9)
• ytphy_utp_read_abilities(9)
• yt8521_get_features_paged(9)
• yt8521_get_features(9)
• yt8821_get_features(9)
• yt8821_get_rate_matching(9)
• yt8821_aneg_done(9)
• yt8821_serdes_init(9)
• yt8821_utp_init(9)
• yt8821_auto_sleep_config(9)
• yt8821_soft_reset(9)
• yt8821_config_init(9)
• yt8821_adjust_status(9)
• yt8821_update_interface(9)
• yt8821_modify_utp_fiber_bmcr(9)
• yt8821_suspend(9)
• yt8821_resume(9)

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okay that’s the whole page, bestie! the source/version tag is ./drivers/net/phy, it’s dated October 2026, and it’s the yt8821_read_status(9) manual page. mwah 💋✨