e1000_relea..._80003es2lan(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 e1000_release_nvm_80003es2lan(9) — the Kernel API Manual era 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the little corner of the manual that lives at e1000_relea..._80003es2lan(9) (the title's doing that truncation thing, she's dramatic, the real name is right below, don't worry) ✨ this is from the Kernel API Manual, and no cap, she's a short one — but she matters, so let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

e1000_release_nvm_80003es2lan — the "hand back the keys to NVM" function. Relinquish rights to access NVM, that's the whole vibe 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void e1000_release_nvm_80003es2lan (struct e1000_hw *hw );

like, it returns void (nothing comes back, she gives and gives 😌) and takes exactly one thing, bestie:

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. literally just a pointer to your hardware struct, she's gonna need it to know which hardware we're releasing stuff on 🦋

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this function releases the semaphore used to access the EEPROM. that's it. that's the whole job. she lets go of the EEPROM semaphore so somebody else on the system can grab it, because sharing is caring and holding a semaphore forever is giving main character energy in the worst way 💀

think of it like this: e1000_acquire_nvm_80003es2lan grabbed the pass, this one returns the pass. cute little buddy system 🔑✨

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

all the siblings and cousins, zero skips, here they are in their full glory 🌈

💜 friendly reminder: e1000_release_nvm_80003es2lan only does the semaphore release — everything else on that list is a whole different function, so don't come for her for stuff she didn't do 🙈

and that's the page, bestie! 🎀 source + version lore for the sign-off: this one's courtesy of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e..., dated October 2026, and it will forever be known as e1000_relea..._80003es2lan(9) because the header refuses to spell it all out 💅 periodt ✨🦋🌸

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