e1000_write_emi_reg_locked(9)

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🦋 e1000_write_emi_reg_locked(9) · Kernel API Manual 🦋

okay so welcome to the e1000_write_emi_reg_locked(9) page, bestie — this is the Kernel API Manual entry for the function that writes an Extended Management Interface register. it's giving niche intel ethernet lore, and we're gonna get through it together 💅

✨ NAME ✨

e1000_write_emi_reg_locked — Write Extended Management Interface register.

like, that's the whole name. main character energy, honestly 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 e1000_write_emi_reg_locked (struct e1000_hw *hw , u16 addr , u16
       data );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. it's the hardware context, the VIP pass for this whole operation 🫶
  • addr — EMI address to program. literally the address you're writing to, no cap.
  • data — value to be written to the EMI address. the payload, the moment, the thing going in 💖

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Assumes the SW/FW/HW Semaphore is already acquired.

bestie, read that again: this function assumes the semaphore is already acquired. it does not go get it for you. you gotta have that handled before you call her, fr fr. lowkey important. 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c — and the whole squad is here, no skips:

okay love you bye 💜 this page came from that source/version line ending in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... and it's dated October 2026 — mwah 🫶✨

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