e1000_read_...byte_ich8lan(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 e1000_read_...byte_ich8lan(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the manual name, and yes this page is one (1) single function that reads one (1) single byte. tiny icon behaviour, honestly 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

e1000_read_flash_byte_ich8lan — the whole entire job is read byte from flash 🦋 one byte. that's it. that's the function.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 e1000_read_flash_byte_ich8lan (struct e1000_hw *hw , u32 offset , u8
*data );

look at her. three params. no notes. 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. like, the hardware vibe itself, you're handing over the whole NIC's info 🫶
  • offset — The offset of the byte to read. i.e. which byte we're grabbing, like pointing at something in a group chat and being like "that one" ⭐
  • data — Pointer to a byte to store the value read. it's the lil bucket the answer goes into 🍓

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what it actually does: Reads a single byte from the NVM using the flash access registers. that's the tea, that's the whole function ☕

single byte. from the NVM. via the flash access registers. no cap, she's not doing anything extra, she's just very good at her one little job 🧚

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the actual source, because obviously:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c

and then… okay bestie, sit down, because this is the friend group and it is large 👑

like i said. a lot of friends. every single one of them tagged (9) and every single one of them iconic in their own way 😭💜

ngl bestie, this page is short but she ate. one byte, three args, ninety-plus see-alsos. balance 💅

and that's the page! this lil beauty came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... and it's dated October 2026 — so go forth, read that one singular byte, and slay 🌟💖

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