e1000_read_eeprom(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, you clicked into e1000_read_eeprom(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and we're about to read a 16 bit word from the EEPROM together — no cap, this page is short and iconic 💖✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

e1000_read_eeprom — Reads a 16 bit word from the EEPROM. That's the name, that's the vibe, periodt 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 e1000_read_eeprom (struct e1000_hw *hw , u16 offset , u16 words ,
u16 *data );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — Struct containing variables accessed by shared code. The shared-code bestie struct, iykyk 🫶
  • offset — offset of word in the EEPROM to read. That's the exact spot you're pointing at, bestie 📍
  • words — number of words to read. One word? Multiple words? You tell it, fr fr.
  • data — word read from the EEPROM. This is where the read word lands 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_hw.c — that's the file to peek at, and yes it's giving source-file main character energy 🔥

Now the whole function friend group, every single one, in order, no skips:

okay that's the whole page — mwah 💋. Cute little sign-off: source/version ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e..., date October 2026, manual page e1000_read_eeprom(9) 💖

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