e1000_init_mac_params_82571(9)
π e1000_init_mac_params_82571(9) β the kernel API manual, bestie edition
okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and we're talking about e1000_init_mac_params_82571(9). yes it's a long name, no I will not be shortening it, it's iconic. stay with me π«Ά
β¨ NAME β¨
e1000_init_mac_params_82571 β Init MAC func ptrs.
like, literally. it initialises MAC function pointers. that's the whole vibe. π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
s32 e1000_init_mac_params_82571 (struct e1000_hw *hw );
look at her. one argument. returns an s32. lowkey elegant ngl β¨
π ARGUMENTS π
hwβ pointer to theHWstructure. yeah that's it, that's the whole list. she takes one pointer and she's done. main character energy fr π
π¦ SEE ALSO π¦
okay so this is the part where the page just. goes off. a whole friend group of 82571 and 82573 and 82574 functions, and honestly? they all ate. π
The kernel file itself lives at:
./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/82571.c
and then the whole squad, in the order the page gives them:
e1000_init_phy_params_82571(9)e1000_init_nvm_params_82571(9)e1000_get_phy_id_82571(9)e1000_get_hw_semaphore_82571(9)e1000_put_hw_semaphore_82571(9)e1000_get_hw_semaphore_82573(9)e1000_put_hw_semaphore_82573(9)e1000_get_hw_semaphore_82574(9)e1000_put_hw_semaphore_82574(9)e1000_set_d0_lplu_state_82574(9)e1000_set_d3_lplu_state_82574(9)e1000_acquire_nvm_82571(9)e1000_release_nvm_82571(9)e1000_write_nvm_82571(9)e1000_update_nvm_checksum_82571(9)e1000_validate_nvm_checksum_82571(9)e1000_write_nvm_eewr_82571(9)e1000_get_cfg_done_82571(9)e1000_set_d0_lplu_state_82571(9)e1000_reset_hw_82571(9)e1000_init_hw_82571(9)e1000_initialize_hw_bits_82571(9)e1000_clear_vfta_82571(9)e1000_check_mng_mode_82574(9)e1000_led_on_82574(9)e1000_check_phy_82574(9)e1000_setup_link_82571(9)e1000_setup_copper_link_82571(9)e1000_setup_fiber_serdes_link_82571(9)e1000_check_for_serdes_link_82571(9)e1000_valid_led_default_82571(9)e1000e_get_laa_state_82571(9)e1000e_set_laa_state_82571(9)e1000_fix_nvm_checksum_82571(9)e1000_read_mac_addr_82571(9)e1000_power_down_phy_copper_82571(9)e1000_clear_hw_cntrs_82571(9)
that's thirty-seven links bestie. thirty-seven. and yes, I counted, because I care about you π
ngl there's not a lot else on this page β no flags, no exit statuses, no environment variables, no warnings. it's a short queen and she knows it. don't go looking for drama that isn't there π
and that's the page!! sourced straight from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... (that's how the footer truncates it, not me being lazy π), October 2026 edition, still serving e1000_init_mac_params_82571(9) realness. go init those MAC func ptrs, you've got this πβ¨π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms