pdcspath_layer_read(9)

💅 pdcspath_layer_read(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

Okay so real talk, this one lives in the kernel API manual (section 9, iykyk) and it's literally called pdcspath_layer_read. Buckle up 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

pdcspath_layer_read — extended layer pretty printing (think SCSI ids, bestie) 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ssize_t pdcspath_layer_read (struct pdcspath_entry *entry , char *buf );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• entry — an already allocated and populated pdscpath_entry struct. Not me warning you: it's gotta be allocated and populated before you show up with it 🫶
• buf — the output buffer you're writing into. That's the destination, periodt ✨

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So this is the function we call to format the output of the layer attribute file. That's it, that's the whole vibe. It handles the printing for the layer attribute, and we are obsessed with a single-purpose function 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/parisc/pdc_stable.c — go read it, it's giving main character energy 👑

• pdcspath_fetch(9)
• pdcspath_store(9)
• pdcspath_hwpath_read(9)
• pdcspath_hwpath_write(9)
• pdcspath_layer_write(9)
• pdcspath_attr_show(9)
• pdcspath_attr_store(9)
• pdcs_size_read(9)
• pdcs_auto_read(9)
• pdcs_autoboot_read(9)
• pdcs_autosearch_read(9)
• pdcs_timer_read(9)
• pdcs_osid_read(9)
• pdcs_osdep1_read(9)
• pdcs_diagnostic_read(9)
• pdcs_fastsize_read(9)
• pdcs_osdep2_read(9)
• pdcs_auto_write(9)
• pdcs_autoboot_write(9)
• pdcs_autosearch_write(9)
• pdcs_osdep1_write(9)
• pdcs_osdep2_write(9)
• pdcs_register_pathentries(9)
• pdcs_unregister_pathentries(9)

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✨ that's the whole page, no cap ✨ This icon lives in ./drivers/parisc and it's dated October 2026, so yeah — go off, kernel docs 💅🎀🦋