port_r16(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 port_r16(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to port_r16 — a tiny little function from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? she's a whole vibe. she reads a word from a port register. that's it. that's the gig. and she does it flawlessly. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

port_r16 — read word from port register. no notes. iconic behaviour. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void port_r16 (struct ksz_hw *hw , int port , int offset , u16 *data );

literally the whole signature, bestie — she takes four things and returns void, because the answer goes into data. main character energy fr fr. 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — The hardware instance. the actual hardware vibe you're working with. 🫶
  • port — The port index. which port we're talking about, iykyk. 🔥
  • offset — The offset of the port register. where in the register-y situation our word lives. ⭐
  • data — Buffer to store the data. she writes the word in here. this is the destination, the moment, the whole point. 🎀

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

This routine reads a word from the port register.

that's the tea. that's the entire lore. one word, one port register, no cap. ✨💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ksz884x.c — go read her, she's the source of truth 🧚

and then. okay. the friend group. the ENTIRE friend group. buckle up bestie, we're listing everyone: 💜

like. look at that list. every single one of them, we're not skipping a single soul, periodt. 💀👑

and that's the whole page, bestie — no cap, no filler, just port_r16 and her extremely large and extremely loyal friend group. 💖

✨ this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel, October 2026 edition — mwah, sending love, go read your kernel source 🫶🌸

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