ntb_db_read_mask(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 ntb_db_read_mask — the ntb_db_read_mask(9) page, but make it make sense 💅

okay bestie, buckle up, because we're reading a register today and honestly? it's giving main character energy ✨

✨ NAME ✨

ntb_db_read_mask — read the local doorbell mask 🔔

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

u64 ntb_db_read_mask (struct ntb_dev *ntb );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • ntb — the NTB device context. yeah, the whole device vibe, that's the one 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what this does is: it reads the local doorbell mask register, and hands you back the bits that are set. literally just, here are your set bits, enjoy 🍓

and like — this one is unusual, though hardware is likely to support it. so don't @ me if your particular hardware is being weird about it, ngl 🙈

⭐ RETURN ⭐

the bits currently set in the local doorbell mask register. that's it, that's the tea 🔥

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay this is the part where the page just. keeps going. but every single one of these is iconic in its own right, so:

and that's the whole page, no crumbs left behind 🧚

this little gem lives in ./include/linux, and it's stamped October 2026 — so yeah, mark your calendar bestie, and go read some doorbell masks 💅👑💖

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