sw_r_table(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

sw_r_table(9) 💅

okay bestie, this page comes from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s giving “tiny switch-table read with main character energy” ✨💖. no cap, it’s a whole little routine.

✨ NAME ✨

sw_r_table — read 4 bytes of data from switch table 💾✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void sw_r_table (struct ksz_hw *hw , int table , u16 addr , u32 *data );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — the hardware instance, periodt 🫶
  • table — the table selector; pick your table, bestie 🎯
  • addr — the address of the table entry 📍
  • data — buffer to store the read data 💌

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this routine reads 4 bytes of data from the table of the switch. that’s literally the mission: 4 bytes, switch table, done 😭💖.

while it’s doing that, hardware interrupts are disabled to minimize corruption of read data. so yeah — interrupts get blocked so the read data doesn’t get messy. protective bubble moment 🫧✨.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

start with the Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ksz884x.c, and then the whole iconic friend group is:

xoxo, from ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel — October 2026 🫶💅

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