t4_read_flash(9)

🌸 t4_read_flash(9) — read words from serial flash 🌸

okay so this is a section 9 kernel API page, bestie — t4_read_flash, the one that pulls words straight outta the serial flash. it's giving "hardware whisperer" and honestly? iconic. let's get into it 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

t4_read_flash — read words from serial flash. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

no cap, here's the exact signature, don't come for me:

int t4_read_flash (struct adapter *adapter , unsigned int addr ,
       unsigned int nwords , u32 *data , int byte_oriented );

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

okay so every single one of these matters, don't skip:

• adapter — the adapter. yeah. that one. your device bb. 🫶
• addr — the start address for the read — where you're cracking open the flash at
• nwords — how many 32-bit words to read. count 'em, bestie 🔢
• data — where to store the read data. the lil landing pad for everything you scoop out ✨
• byte_oriented — whether to store data as bytes or as words. this one's the plot twist, keep reading 👀

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so what it does: it reads the specified number of 32-bit words from the serial flash. simple. elegant. main character energy.

now for the byte_oriented of it all — and this is the part you cannot miss:

• 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

that's the whole ballgame. set it or don't, but know which one you're doing fr fr 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the source of truth itself lives in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c — go pay your respects 🫡

and then there's the extended friend group, the whole group chat, every single one of them:

t4_wait_op_done_val(9), t4_set_reg_field(9), t4_read_indirect(9), t4_write_indirect(9), t4_record_mbox(9), t4_wr_mbox_meat_timeout(9), t4_memory_rw_init(9), t4_memory_update_win(9), t4_memory_rw_residual(9), t4_memory_rw(9), t4_get_regs_len(9), t4_get_regs(9), t4_eeprom_ptov(9), t4_seeprom_wp(9), t4_get_raw_vpd_params(9), t4_get_vpd_params(9), t4_get_pfres(9), sf1_read(9), sf1_write(9), flash_wait_op(9), t4_write_flash(9), t4_get_fw_version(9), t4_get_bs_version(9), t4_get_tp_version(9), t4_get_exprom_version(9), t4_get_vpd_version(9), t4_get_scfg_version(9), t4_get_version_info(9), t4_dump_version_info(9), t4_check_fw_version(9), t4_flash_erase_sectors(9), t4_flash_cfg_addr(9), t4_load_fw(9), t4_phy_fw_ver(9), t4_load_phy_fw(9), t4_fwcache(9), fwcaps16_to_caps32(9), fwcaps32_to_caps16(9), t4_link_acaps(9), t4_link_l1cfg_core(9), t4_restart_aneg(9), t4_handle_intr_status(9), t4_slow_intr_handler(9), t4_intr_enable(9), t4_intr_disable(9), t4_config_rss_range(9), t4_config_glbl_rss(9), t4_config_vi_rss(9), t4_read_rss(9), t4_tp_fw_ldst_rw(9), t4_tp_indirect_rw(9), t4_tp_pio_read(9), t4_tp_pio_write(9), t4_tp_tm_pio_read(9), t4_tp_mib_read(9), t4_read_rss_key(9), t4_write_rss_key(9), t4_read_rss_pf_config(9), t4_read_rss_vf_config(9), t4_read_rss_pf_map(9), t4_read_rss_pf_mask(9), t4_tp_get_tcp_stats(9), t4_tp_get_err_stats(9), t4_tp_get_cpl_stats(9), t4_tp_get_rdma_stats(9), t4_get_fcoe_stats(9), t4_get_usm_stats(9), t4_read_mtu_tbl(9), t4_read_cong_tbl(9), t4_tp_wr_bits_indirect(9), init_cong_ctrl(9), t4_load_mtus(9), t4_get_chan_txrate(9), t4_set_trace_filter(9), t4_get_trace_filter(9), t4_pmtx_get_stats(9), t4_pmrx_get_stats(9), compute_mps_bg_map(9), t4_get_mps_bg_map(9), t4_get_tp_e2c_map(9), t4_get_tp_ch_map(9), t4_get_port_type_description(9), t4_get_port_stats_offset(9), t4_get_port_stats(9), t4_get_lb_stats(9), t4_mdio_rd(9), t4_mdio_wr(9), t4_sge_decode_idma_state(9), t4_sge_ctxt_flush(9), t4_read_sge_dbqtimers(9), t4_fw_hello(9), t4_fw_bye(9), t4_early_init(9), t4_fw_reset(9), t4_fw_halt(9), t4_fw_restart(9), t4_fw_upgrade(9), t4_fl_pkt_align(9), t4_fixup_host_params(9), t4_fw_initialize(9), t4_query_params_rw(9), t4_set_params_timeout(9), t4_set_params(9), t4_cfg_pfvf(9), t4_alloc_vi(9), t4_free_vi(9), t4_set_rxmode(9), t4_free_encap_mac_filt(9), t4_free_raw_mac_filt(9), t4_alloc_encap_mac_filt(9), t4_alloc_raw_mac_filt(9), t4_alloc_mac_filt(9), t4_free_mac_filt(9), t4_change_mac(9), t4_set_addr_hash(9), t4_enable_vi_params(9), t4_enable_vi(9), t4_enable_pi_params(9), t4_identify_port(9), t4_iq_stop(9), t4_iq_free(9), t4_eth_eq_free(9), t4_ctrl_eq_free(9), t4_ofld_eq_free(9), t4_link_down_rc_str(9), fwcap_to_fwspeed(9), lstatus_to_fwcap(9), t4_handle_get_port_info(9), t4_update_port_info(9), t4_get_link_params(9), t4_handle_fw_rpl(9), init_link_config(9), t4_prep_adapter(9), t4_shutdown_adapter(9), t4_bar2_sge_qregs(9), t4_init_devlog_params(9), t4_init_sge_params(9), t4_init_tp_params(9), t4_filter_field_shift(9), t4_init_portinfo(9), t4_read_cimq_cfg(9), t4_read_cim_ibq(9), t4_read_cim_obq(9), t4_cim_read(9), t4_cim_write(9), t4_cim_read_la(9), t4_tp_read_la(9), t4_idma_monitor_init(9), t4_idma_monitor(9), t4_load_cfg(9), t4_set_vf_mac_acl(9), t4_read_pace_tbl(9), t4_get_tx_sched(9), t4_sge_ctxt_rd_bd(9), t4_i2c_rd(9), t4_set_vlan_acl(9), modify_device_id(9), t4_load_boot(9), t4_flash_bootcfg_addr(9)

ngl that's a lot of friends. but they're all literally one read away, and they all ate. periodt. 💜

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🧚 sign-off 🧚

this little love letter came to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio..., dated October 2026, and it's a t4_read_flash(9) original. go read some flash, bestie — responsibly, and in the right endianness 🍓✨💅