'\" t
.\"     Title: phy_start_aneg
.\"    Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\"      Date: January 2017
.\"    Manual: Network device support
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
.\"  Language: English
.\"
.TH "PHY_START_ANEG" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Network device support"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
.el       .ds Aq '
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * set default formatting
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" disable hyphenation
.nh
.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
.ad l
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.SH "NAME"
phy_start_aneg \- start auto\-negotiation for this PHY device
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ phy_start_aneg('u
.BI "int phy_start_aneg(struct\ phy_device\ *\ " "phydev" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIphydev\fR
.RS 4
the phy_device struct
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Sanitizes the settings (if we\*(Aqre not autonegotiating them), and then calls the driver\*(Aqs config_aneg function\&. If the PHYCONTROL Layer is operating, we change the state to reflect the beginning of Auto\-negotiation or forcing\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br