rt2x00usb_re...er_read_lock(9)

👑 rt2x00usb_register_read_lock — a Kernel API Manual moment 💅

okay so bestie, listen. this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and the star of the show is rt2x00usb_register_read_lock. yes the header up top is all truncated and mysterious (rt2x00usb_re...er_read_lock(9)) but we know her full name and we're gonna use it. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

rt2x00usb_register_read_lock — Read 32bit register word 💖 that's the whole job. that's the assignment. and she ate.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

u32 rt2x00usb_register_read_lock (struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev , const
       unsigned int offset );

like look at that signature. u32 return, two args, no notes. main character energy fr fr. ⭐

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• rt2x00dev — the Device pointer, bestie. see struct rt2x00_dev. that's your hardware babe right there 🫶
• offset — the Register offset. which register are we reading? this number knows. 🔥

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the tea: this function is literally just a simple wrapper for 32bit register access, and the way it does that is through rt2x00usb_vendor_req_buff_lock. that's it. that's the whole vibe. she wraps, she locks, she reads 32 bits, she slays. no cap. ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie the friend group is huge, buckle up:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h
• enum rt2x00usb_vendor_request(9)
• enum rt2x00usb_mode_offset(9)
• rt2x00usb_vendor_request(9)
• rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff(9)
• rt2x00usb_vendor_request_sw(9)
• rt2x00usb_eeprom_read(9)
• rt2x00usb_register_read(9)
• rt2x00usb_register_multiread(9)
• rt2x00usb_register_write(9)
• rt2x00usb_register_write_lock(9)
• rt2x00usb_register_multiwrite(9)
• rt2x00usb_regbusy_read(9)
• rt2x00usb_register_read_async(9)
• struct queue_entry_priv_usb(9)
• struct queue_entry_priv_usb_bcn(9)
• rt2x00usb_kick_queue(9)
• rt2x00usb_flush_queue(9)
• rt2x00usb_watchdog(9)

like, the whole rt2x00usb fam showed up to the group chat 😭💀 iconic behavior honestly.

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ngl the source path at the bottom is also truncated (./drivers/net/wireless/ralink/...) — she's mysterious, she's elusive, she's giving enigma 💅

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and that's the page babes 🎀 sign-off time: this little number comes to you from that ./drivers/net/wireless/ralink/... source, dated October 2026, and it answers to the name rt2x00usb_re...er_read_lock(9) one last time. mwah. 💖🦋✨