ks8851_lock_par(9)

💖 ks8851_lock_par(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for ks8851_lock_par. grab a strawberry 🍓 and let's get into it, because this function is short and sweet and honestly kind of iconic for it.

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✨ NAME ✨

ks8851_lock_par — the register access lock, which is exactly what it sounds like 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ks8851_lock_par (struct ks8851_net *ks );

that's the whole signature, no cap. void in, void out, one pointer in the middle.

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• ks — the chip state 💅 that's it, that's the whole description. one (1) argument, the chip state, gorgeous.

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So what does it do? claim the chip register access lock. periodt. 🔥

Like — it grabs the lock for register access on the chip, and that's the entire job. not me being obsessed with a function that literally has one job and does it ✨

ngl she's giving "main character energy in a very small role" 💀 but every driver needs a lock, so, y'know, she's doing the work 🫶

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

Bestie, this is the part where the lore expands 🌈 — these all live in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_par.c, and they lowkey all run together. also there's a struct in the mix, struct ks8851_net_par(9) 👑

• ks8851_net_par(9) — the struct, the blueprint, the moment 💜
• ks8851_unlock_par(9) — the other half of the lock/unlock duo, her counterpart 💖
• ks_check_endian(9) — endianness vibe check 🦋
• ks8851_wrreg16_par(9) — write, 16 bits of it 🎀
• ks8851_rdreg16_par(9) — read, same energy, 16 bits 🌸
• ks8851_rdfifo_par(9) — read from the FIFO 🧚
• ks8851_wrfifo_par(9) — write to the FIFO ⭐
• ks8851_start_xmit_par(9) — the transmit starter, the one that actually sends stuff 🚀

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kisses bestie, drink some water, and remember: lock before you touch the registers 💅✨

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this page came straight out of the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel and it's dated October 2026 — ks8851_lock_par(9), signed, sealed, slayed 🎀💜