tb_retimer_nvm_read(9)

🦋 NAME 🦋

okay so bestie, this is tb_retimer_nvm_read(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖 and it does exactly what it says on the tin: Read contents of retimer NVM. iconic behavior, no cap ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int tb_retimer_nvm_read (struct tb_retimer *rt , unsigned int address ,
       void *buf , size_t size );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• rt — the retimer device, aka the main character here 👑
• address — the NVM address (in bytes) where the reading starts 📍
• buf — this is where the data read from NVM gets stored 🧺
• size — how many bytes to read, fr fr 🔢

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

It reads retimer NVM and copies the contents to buf. That’s it, that’s the tea ☕✨

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

Returns 0 if the read was successful ✅ and a negative errno in case of failure 😭

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./drivers/thunderbolt/retimer.c
• tb_retimer_scan(9)
• tb_retimer_remove_all(9)

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bye from source/version ./drivers/thunderbolt, October 2026, tb_retimer_nvm_read(9) — mwah 💋