ice_read_64b_phy_reg_e82x(9)

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💅 ice_read_64b_phy_reg_e82x(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀

okay so picture this: it's a kernel API manual page, the star of the show is ice_read_64b_phy_reg_e82x, and I'm here to translate it into human. sit down, hydrate, let's go ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_read_64b_phy_reg_e82x — read a 64bit value from PHY registers 💖 yeah that's literally the whole gig. one job. reads the big number. slays.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ice_read_64b_phy_reg_e82x (struct ice_hw *hw , u8 port , u16
low_addr , u64 *val );

look at her. returns an int, takes four things, no notes. 👑

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct. this is the main character, the hardware context, everything flows through her 🫶
  • port — the PHY port you're reading from. which port bestie. pick one.
  • low_addr — offset of the lower register you're reading from. note the word lower, we come back to that 👀
  • val — on return, the contents of the 64bit value from the PHY registers. she's an output param, she comes back full of data, that's the whole point 💅

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what does she actually do. she reads the two registers associated with a 64bit value and returns it in the val pointer. two registers, one number, classic two-halves-of-one-brain situation 🧠✨

the offset always specifies the lower register offset to use — that's the one you hand her. the high offset is looked up for you, like a good friend who already knows where the other half lives, no cap.

🚨 important vibe check: this function only operates on registers known to be two parts of a 64bit value. she is not out here guessing, she is not out here exploring. if it's not a known 64bit pair, that's not her problem, don't @ her 🙈

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the friend group. the whole group chat. genuinely iconic how many names are in here, I'm not skipping a single one, we ride for all of them 🌈

like I said. the whole group chat. all of them tagged. 🫶

and that's the page, bestie 💖 this little icon lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026, and the manual is the Kernel API Manual — go read the source file ice_ptp_hw.c if you want the full lore, I'll be right here cheering you on 🌟 slay 🎀

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