ps3_read_phys_ctr(9)

🎀 ps3_read_phys_ctr(9) 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the manual name, we're fancy here 💅 — and today's main character is ps3_read_phys_ctr, a tiny little function with a big job: reading physical counter registers. no cap. let's get into it 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

ps3_read_phys_ctr — Read physical counter registers. that's literally the whole vibe. it reads them. physical ones. counters. registers. 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u32 ps3_read_phys_ctr (u32 cpu , u32 phys_ctr );

like, the signature is right there, copy it exactly, don't be weird about it 😭

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🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

okay so here's the thing. the original docs are giving "mystery" energy on both of these:

• cpu — -- undescribed -- 🙈
• phys_ctr — -- undescribed -- 🙈

and no, i'm not gonna make up lore for them. if the manpage didn't describe them, i'm not about to invent a backstory. we respect the source. 💀

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Each physical counter can act as one 32 bit counter or as two 16 bit counters. that's it, that's the tea ☕ two whole modes, one counter, pick your fighter ✨🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

grab a snack, this list is long and it ate 🍓

• Kernel file ./drivers/ps3/ps3-lpm.c
• struct ps3_lpm_shadow_regs(9)
• struct ps3_lpm_priv(9)
• ps3_write_phys_ctr(9)
• ps3_read_ctr(9)
• ps3_write_ctr(9)
• ps3_read_pm07_control(9)
• ps3_write_pm07_control(9)
• ps3_read_pm(9)
• ps3_write_pm(9)
• ps3_get_ctr_size(9)
• ps3_set_ctr_size(9)
• ps3_enable_pm(9)
• ps3_disable_pm(9)
• ps3_lpm_copy_tb(9)
• ps3_lpm_copy_tb_to_user(9)
• ps3_get_and_clear_pm_interrupts(9)
• ps3_enable_pm_interrupts(9)
• ps3_lpm_open(9)
• ps3_lpm_close(9)

iykyk 👑 go read the whole squad, they all hang out together 🫶

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and that's the page, bestie!! sourced from ./drivers/ps3, dated October 2026 — put it in your calendar, it's iconic 🌸✨💜