mips_cm_l2sync_phys_base(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ mips_cm_l2sync_phys_base(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 🎀 — today's main character is mips_cm_l2sync_phys_base, and honestly? she's lowkey iconic in a very specific, very MIPS way. let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

mips_cm_l2sync_phys_base — retrieve the physical base address of the CM L2-sync region

like, she gives you an address. a physical one. for the L2-sync region of the Coherence Manager. no cap. ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

phys_addr_t mips_cm_l2sync_phys_base (void );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • void — no arguments 😌 she takes nothing, she needs nothing, she simply returns. main character energy fr.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so what this function does is it returns the physical base address of the Coherence Manager L2-cache only region 🫶. that's the whole vibe.

it ships with a default implementation, and the way that works is: it reads the CMGCRL2OnlySyncBase register where that register is available 🌟 — or, if it's not available, it just returns a 4K region just behind the CM GCR base address 💅.

and here's the cute part: platforms that figure out this address some other way can totally override her 😭 — you just define a function with the same prototype and boom, you're running your own version. custom fit, bestie. 👑

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

like yes, that's a whole friend group and they all live in ./arch/mips/include/asm together 🧚💜

k that's the whole page bestie, go read the rest of the CM lore, it's giving deep MIPS brainrot in the best way 💀🌸

sign-off time 🎀✨ — this little masterpiece comes from ./arch/mips/include/asm, dated October 2026, and it's the mips_cm_l2sync_phys_base(9) page from the Kernel API Manual. slay, periodt, bye bestie 💖👑

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