phy_read_paged(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 phy_read_paged(9) — the kernel API manual, but make it make sense 💖

okay so this is a page from the kernel API manual (section 9, the function-page girlies ✨) and honestly? it's short, it's sweet, and it does exactly one thing. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

phy_read_paged — the convenience function for reading a paged register. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it's giving "shortcut so you don't have to do the page dance yourself" 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int phy_read_paged (struct phy_device *phydev , int page , u32 regnum );

like, look at her. three args, returns an int, no notes. iconic 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • phydev — a pointer to a struct phy_device. your phy bestie. you gotta hand her over 💖
  • page — the page for the phy. yeah. the page. for the phy. that's the whole description, i don't make the rules 🦋
  • regnum — register number, aka which register you're trying to peek at 🔍

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

Same rules as for phy_read. periodt. that's genuinely all it says — so if you know how phy_read behaves, you already know how this one behaves, no cap 💀✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/phy-core.c is where all this lives, and here's the whole friend group — every single one of them, i'm not skipping a single bestie 😤:

like, that's a full group chat right there. the paged-register crew, the mmd crew, the modify crew — all mutually obsessed 🫶💜

ngl bestie, this one's a "read the docs for phy_read first" situation. this page literally tells you to. respect the lore 🙈

and that's the page!! sign-off time: this lives in ./drivers/net/phy, it's dated October 2026, and it's from the kernel API manual section 9. mwah, go read a register, slay 💋💖🌸

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