e1000e_read_kmrn_reg(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 e1000e_read_kmrn_reg — like, the kumeran register reader (from the Kernel API Manual, bestie) ✨

okay so welcome to the group chat, this is e1000e_read_kmrn_reg(9) and she's here to read a kumeran register for you. no cap, that's the whole vibe. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

e1000e_read_kmrn_reg — read kumeran register 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

s32 e1000e_read_kmrn_reg (struct e1000_hw *hw , u32 offset , u16 *data );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure 💜 like, this is your hardware bestie, hand her over
  • offset — register offset to be read 📍 exactly which register we're peeking at
  • data — pointer to the read data 🫶 this is where the tea gets stored

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So here's the sequence, and it's giving very "respect the lock" energy, honestly.

First she acquires the semaphore — yes, we wait our turn, we are not rude — then she reads the PHY register at offset using the kumeran interface. The information she retrieves gets stored in data. 📥

And then — and this is the important part, do not skip it — she releases the acquired semaphore before exiting. Periodt. You take the lock, you give the lock back. That's the whole personality. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/phy.c 📁

the whole extended friend group, one per bullet, iykyk:

💖 that's the whole page, bestie 💖 quick lil sign-off: this one comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... and it's dated October 2026 — no, I don't know why the future either, but she ate and left no crumbs. 👑🎀💀

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