e1000_retry...word_ich8lan(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

e1000_retry_write_flash_dword_ich8lan — Writes a dword to NVM.

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💅 this page is all about e1000_retry_write_flash_dword_ich8lan(9) — yes, the header shortens it to e1000_retry...word_ich8lan(9), and no, we are not letting that stop us. main character energy only ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 e1000_retry_write_flash_dword_ich8lan (struct e1000_hw *hw , u32
       offset , u32 dword );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. literally the hardware struct bestie 🫶
  • offset — The offset of the word to write. that's where the word goes 💫
  • dword — The dword to write to the NVM. the actual dword payload, no cap 🍓

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So this function writes a single dword to the NVM using the flash access registers. obsessed with the precision honestly.

Before it gives up, it goes through a retry algorithm. it's giving “try again, bestie” energy 😭💅 periodt.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

these are the linked faves, all listed exactly as they appear 🫶:

okay that's the whole page, bestie 💖 source/version is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e..., dated October 2026. mwah 💋✨

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