e1000_read_...data_ich8lan(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🦋 NAME 🦋

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ and today's main character is e1000_read_flash_data_ich8lan — it reads a byte or word from NVM. that's it. that's the vibe check. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

like, here's the whole signature, verbatim, do not touch:

s32 e1000_read_flash_data_ich8lan (struct e1000_hw *hw , u32 offset , u8
size , u16 *data );

she returns an s32, she takes four args, she's booked and busy 🫶

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. hi bestie 👋 this is the hardware context you're handing over.
  • offset — The offset (in bytes) of the byte or word to read. yes, bytes. stay woke on the units 🧚
  • size — Size of data to read, 1=byte, 2=word. two options, that's the whole menu, pick one 🍓
  • data — Pointer to the word to store the value read. this is where the good stuff lands 💖

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Reads a byte or word from the NVM using the flash access registers.

that's literally the whole plot 🎬 she goes to the flash access registers, she pulls a byte or a word out of NVM, she comes home. lowkey iconic, no cap. flash access registers do the heavy lifting and honestly? we respect them for it 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

buckle up bestie, this is the group chat and everyone got invited. not a single one skipped, periodt 💀

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

and the whole extended fam, in order, fr fr:

like I said. everyone. ate and left no crumbs 🍽️💜

real talk though — every one of these is a real cross-reference, so if you're hopping around the docs, they're all fair game. iykyk 🔍

mwah that's the page! this lil beauty lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... and she was stamped October 2026, so go forth and read your bytes and words, bestie — slay 💅✨🦋🎀

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