e1000_release_nvm_82571(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 e1000_release_nvm_82571(9) 💖

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual — yes bestie, the actual kernel docs, we're in the big leagues now ✨ grab a snack and let's get into it 🍓

🌸 NAME 🌸

e1000_release_nvm_82571 — release exclusive access to EEPROM</p> 🎀

like, you grabbed the EEPROM, you did your little thing, and now you're handing the keys back. polite queen behavior 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void e1000_release_nvm_82571 (struct e1000_hw *hw );

it returns void — nothing comes back, no receipts, it just does the thing 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure 🌈 (your little bundle of hardware state, the main character of this whole file honestly)

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so here's the tea: this function stops any current commands to the EEPROM and then clears the EEPROM request bit. that's it, that's the whole job. tidy, quick, iconic. it's giving "wrapping up so the next girlie can use it" 💀✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group, fr fr — first up, the kernel file herself:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/82571.c

and now the squad 🫶:

ngl bestie, read e1000_acquire_nvm_82571(9) first — that's the one who takes the EEPROM. this page is just the one who gives it back. balance 💜

mwah 💋 that's the page — sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e..., dated October 2026, and stamped e1000_release_nvm_82571(9) at the bottom like a little autograph 🎀 slay, go free the EEPROM ✨💅

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