e1000_write_eeprom(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 e1000_write_eeprom(9)

okay so bestie, gather round — this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about e1000_write_eeprom, which, yes, literally writes words into the different EEPROM types. stay with me, it's slay actually 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

e1000_write_eeprom — write words to the different EEPROM types. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 e1000_write_eeprom (struct e1000_hw *hw , u16 offset , u16 words ,
u16 *data );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • hw — the struct holding all the variables shared code pokes at 🫶
  • offset — where in the EEPROM we're writing, like the address of the whole operation
  • words — how many words we're writing, count them bestie
  • data — the 16 bit word that actually gets written into the EEPROM ⭐

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

real talk: if you don't call e1000_update_eeprom_checksum after this function, the EEPROM will most likely end up with an invalid checksum 😭

no cap, that's the whole warning. do the checksum update. be the main character who updates their checksum. 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

first up, the kernel file itself: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_hw.c ✨

and then, the whole friend group — every single one of these, no skips:

and that's the page bestie 💜 it comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... and it's dated October 2026 — so like, future iconic. go update that checksum, mwah 🧚

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