igb_read_invm_i210(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 igb_read_invm_i210 — NAME energy

okay so bestie, welcome to the igb_read_invm_i210(9) page ✨ — this lives in the Kernel API Manual and honestly the name says it all: it's the Read invm wrapper function for I210/I211 🦋. Like, that's the whole vibe check of this function. Periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 igb_read_invm_i210 (struct e1000_hw *hw , u16 offset , u16 words ,
u16 *data );

that's the whole signature, no cap. returns an s32, takes a struct e1000_hw *, a u16 offset, a u16 words, and a u16 *data 🎀

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure 🫶 that's your hardware bestie right there
  • offset — offset to read from, like where in the buffer we're looking 👀
  • words — number of words to read — but plot twist, it's (unused) 💀 literally does nothing here, iconic
  • data — pointer to the data read, so this is where the good stuff lands 💖

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so it's a wrapper function — main character energy, honestly — and its whole job is to return data that formerly lived in the NVM ✨. lowkey a little nostalgic: the data used to be found in the NVM, and now this wrapper hands it back to you. iykyk 💅

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the source file itself lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_i210.c — go read it, bestie, it's giving lore 📖

and here's the whole friend group 🫶:

okay that's the whole page, you ate that 💅✨

sign-off time 🎀 this lil manpage comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb and it's dated October 2026 — no cap, that's the version and the date, slay 🦋💖

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