e1000_get_cfg_done_82571(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 e1000_get_cfg_done_82571 (Kernel API Manual, bestie) ✨

okay so picture this: you're deep in the e1000e driver mines, the 82571 era of Intel NICs, and somebody needs to know when the hardware has finished configuring itself. That's this function. It's small, it's iconic, it's giving "one job and it does it." 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

e1000_get_cfg_done_82571 — poll for configuration done 🫶

Like, literally just poll for configuration done. That's the whole assignment. No cap.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

s32 e1000_get_cfg_done_82571 (struct e1000_hw *hw );

returns an s32, takes one pointer, says hello. that's her 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure 🌸 that's the hardware-y struct where all the register-poking info lives. she needs it, don't ghost her with a NULL.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Reads the management control register for the config done bit to be set. 🔥

That's it. That's the vibe. She goes and checks the management control register, looking for that config done bit to be set — and until it is, the poll keeps doing its thing. main character energy of a function honestly, minimal screen time, maximum plot relevance ⭐

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

like, the whole 82571 friend group showed up to the function's birthday party 😭 the way that list just goes on forever... but we love her for it 💜

and that's the page, bestie 🧚 this one came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... (you know the one) and it's dated October 2026, so it's basically a time traveler. mwah, stan, blessed be the kernel docs 💅✨

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