t3_read_flash(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 t3_read_flash(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the group chat 💖 this is t3_read_flash(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and yes she's a real one. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

t3_read_flash — read words from serial flash 🌈

like… literally just pull words out of the serial flash. that's the whole vibe check. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int t3_read_flash (struct adapter *adapter , unsigned int addr ,
       unsigned int nwords , u32 *data , int byte_oriented );

no cap, that's the whole signature. keep it exactly like that, she's picky 😭

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • adapter — the adapter 👑 that's your whole network device situation, the main character here
  • addr — the start address for the read 📍 like where in the flash do we even start, bestie
  • nwords — how many 32-bit words to read 🔢 count them, don't get it twisted
  • data — where to store the read data 🍓 your output buffer, the place the good stuff lands
  • byte_oriented — whether to store data as bytes or as words 🧚 lowkey the most important little flag here honestly

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea ☕ this function reads the specified number of 32-bit words from the serial flash. that's it, that's the job. 💜

now the interesting part: if byte_oriented is set, the read data is stored as a byte array (i.e., big-endian), otherwise it's stored as 32-bit words in the platform's natural endianness. 🙈 and yes that distinction is highkey important — it's giving "one flag, two completely different memory layouts," so pay attention. no cap. 🔥

💀 SEE ALSO 💀

the friend group 🫶 all of these are on the same (9) section page, and yes i'm listing every single one because we don't do favorites here:

all slay, all iconic, all worth a read 👑

and that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 this came to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio... and it's dated October 2026, so she's fresh 🌸 t3_read_flash(9) forever, mwah 💋✨

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