ks8851_read_selftest(9)
β¨ ks8851_read_selftest β¨
okay so bestie, welcome to the ks8851_read_selftest(9) page β that's a section 9 kernel API manual entry, and honestly? it's a little guy with one job and it does it. π
πΈ NAME πΈ
ks8851_read_selftest β read the selftest memory info. literally that's the whole gig. π
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
void ks8851_read_selftest (struct ks8851_net *ks );
no return value, no drama, just vibes and a pointer. π¦
π ARGUMENTS π
ksβ the device state. that's it. that's the argument. hand it the device state and let it cook. π«Ά
π DESCRIPTION π
so what does it actually do, you ask? it reads the TX/RX memory selftest information β and then it checks it. read and check, both. no cap. π₯
it's giving "quietly verifying the hardware is behaving" energy. main character behavior, zero fanfare. β¨
π¦ SEE ALSO π¦
- Kernel file
./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_common.cβ yeah, that's where the source lives, go look, iykyk π ks8851_lock(9)ks8851_unlock(9)ks8851_wrreg16(9)ks8851_rdreg16(9)ks8851_soft_reset(9)ks8851_set_powermode(9)ks8851_write_mac_addr(9)ks8851_read_mac_addr(9)ks8851_init_mac(9)ks8851_rx_pkts(9)ks8851_irq(9)ks8851_flush_tx_work(9)ks8851_net_open(9)ks8851_net_stop(9)ks8851_start_xmit(9)ks8851_rxctrl_work(9)ks8851_eeprom_claim(9)ks8851_eeprom_release(9)ks8851_phy_reg(9)ks8851_phy_read(9)
like, the whole friend group. the entire ks8851 squad showed up for this one. π
ngl bestie, it's a tiny function β but every option, every argument, every reference is right here. keep it exactly as-is. periodt. π
okay so the sign-off π β this cutie comes from the source ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel, and it's dated October 2026. so like, future energy. the manual itself is ks8851_read_selftest(9), and that's the whole page, mwah, slay, bye. ππΈπ«Ά
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms