i40e_read_p...ter_clause22(9)

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💅 i40e_read_phy_register_clause22 — like, the whole glossary, bestie

Okay so real talk: this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (i40e_read_phy_register_clause22(9) if you're being formal about it), and it's about exactly one tiny little function in the Intel i40e driver. No cap, it's a small one. But we're gonna give it the full main character treatment anyway. 🌸

✨ NAME ✨

i40e_read_phy_register_clause22 — that's it, that's the name, she's the moment 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int i40e_read_phy_register_clause22 (struct i40e_hw *hw , u16 reg , u8
phy_addr , u16 *value );

She returns an int, she takes four things, she's booked and busy. Let's meet the cast 🎀

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. The hardware baddie herself, basically. 🫶
  • reg — register address in the page. Like the exact shelf slot inside the shelf. 🗂️
  • phy_addr — PHY address on the MDIO interface. Yes bestie, that's the which PHY are we even talking to address. 😌
  • value — PHY register value. The output lives here. ⭐

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Reads specified PHY register value. That's the whole assignment, and she ate. 🔥

Like, that is genuinely it — no elaborate lore, no secret second paragraph, no hidden warning. You hand her an hw, a reg, a phy_addr, and a place to put the value, and she goes and reads the specified PHY register value for you. Iconic lowkey reserved queen behavior. 👑

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

First up, the Kernel file herself lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c — that's where you go if you want the actual vibes in source form. 📁

And okay, the friend group is huge, so let's do a roll call, in the order they were introduced, no skipping, no cutting the line 🫶

Like... that's the whole group chat, bestie. Every single one showed up. 🫶✨

Okay and one last cute lil sign-off: this page comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, and it's dated October 2026. So she's a Scorpio (or Libra, idk, do the math 💀). Anyway — go read them PHY registers, slay, and remember: the vibe changes, the facts stay. Periodt. 💅🎀

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