e1000e_clear_hw_cntrs_base(9)

💅 e1000e_clear_hw_cntrs_base — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, page e1000e_clear_hw_cntrs_base(9). yes that's the whole title, no i'm not shortening it, it's iconic 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

e1000e_clear_hw_cntrs_base — bestie. it clears the base hardware counters. that's the vibe. that's the whole job. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void e1000e_clear_hw_cntrs_base (struct e1000_hw *hw );

like, that's it. that's the whole function signature. no cap, she's a void girlie — she gives you nothing back, she just does the thing. 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to the HW structure 🫶. literally just a pointer to your hardware struct. that's the ONE thing she needs from you and honestly? relatable.

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea ☕ — e1000e_clear_hw_cntrs_base clears the base hardware counters by reading the counter registers. and yes, the way that reading is what clears them is lowkey the main character energy of this whole function 😭 that's just how these registers work, bestie, i don't make the rules.

no writing. no resetting. no ✨fancy✨ ioctl. she reads and the counters go bye-bye. periodt. 🔥

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is the part where i hold your hand and walk you through the entire friend group, because this function does NOT exist in a vacuum, she has a whole squad 👑

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c — that's where she lives, that's her address, don't @ me 🏠

and now, the extended crew, in the exact order the manpage lists them because i would never do you dirty like that:

• e1000e_get_bus_info_pcie(9)
• e1000_set_lan_id_multi_port_pcie(9)
• e1000_set_lan_id_single_port(9)
• e1000_clear_vfta_generic(9)
• e1000_write_vfta_generic(9)
• e1000e_init_rx_addrs(9)
• e1000_check_alt_mac_addr_generic(9)
• e1000e_rar_set_generic(9)
• e1000_hash_mc_addr(9)
• e1000e_update_mc_addr_list_generic(9)
• e1000e_check_for_copper_link(9)
• e1000e_check_for_fiber_link(9)
• e1000e_check_for_serdes_link(9)
• e1000_set_default_fc_generic(9)
• e1000e_setup_link_generic(9)
• e1000_commit_fc_settings_generic(9)
• e1000_poll_fiber_serdes_link_generic(9)
• e1000e_setup_fiber_serdes_link(9)
• e1000e_config_collision_dist_generic(9)
• e1000e_set_fc_watermarks(9)
• e1000e_force_mac_fc(9)
• e1000e_config_fc_after_link_up(9)
• e1000e_get_speed_and_duplex_copper(9)
• e1000e_get_speed_and_duplex_fiber_serdes(9)
• e1000e_get_hw_semaphore(9)
• e1000e_put_hw_semaphore(9)
• e1000e_get_auto_rd_done(9)
• e1000e_valid_led_default(9)
• e1000e_id_led_init_generic(9)
• e1000e_setup_led_generic(9)
• e1000e_cleanup_led_generic(9)
• e1000e_blink_led_generic(9)
• e1000e_led_on_generic(9)
• e1000e_led_off_generic(9)
• e1000e_set_pcie_no_snoop(9)
• e1000e_disable_pcie_master(9)
• e1000e_reset_adaptive(9)
• e1000e_update_adaptive(9)

like. thirty-eight besties. she's popular. ngl reading that list is a whole cardio session but you asked, and i delivered 🏃‍♀️💨

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ok quick vibe check 🧚: this page is dated October 2026 and the source path got cut off in the footer as ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... — that's the truncated file path from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c, and it's also the page name e1000e_clear_hw_cntrs_base(9) right there at the end. so like, that's the version and date energy, we're all caught up 💖

and that's the page bestie!! go clear some counters (by reading them, remember), stay hydrated, and don't forget to man 9 your faves 🌈⭐💅