e1000_clear_hw_cntrs_82571(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ e1000_clear_hw_cntrs_82571 ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual πŸ’… this one's a little function from the e1000e driver world, and honestly? it's giving "reset the scoreboard" energy πŸŽ€


🌸 NAME 🌸

e1000_clear_hw_cntrs_82571 β€” clears device specific hardware counters ✨


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

void e1000_clear_hw_cntrs_82571 (struct e1000_hw *hw );

πŸ’– ARGUMENTS πŸ’–

  • hw β€” pointer to the HW structure 🫢 that's it, that's the whole input, she's low maintenance

πŸ‘‘ DESCRIPTION πŸ‘‘

So the way this works is: it clears the hardware counters by reading the counter registers. no cap, that's literally the whole bit 😭 reading them is what resets them, which is kind of iconic honestly β€” very "the act of looking at it wipes it clean" main character energy πŸͺžβœ¨


πŸŽ€ SEE ALSO πŸŽ€

bestie there are SO many siblings, buckle up πŸ’€

like, the whole 82571 friend group showed up to the function call πŸ’œ


ngl if you're here you're probably already deep in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... territory β€” go read the source, it slays 🌈

okay that's the page!! this one came from the Kernel API Manual, dated October 2026, and the source path got cutely truncated to ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... πŸ’« stay hydrated, clear your counters, mwah πŸ§šπŸ’–

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