igb_read_invm_word_i210(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 igb_read_invm_word_i210(9) — it's giving "reads OTP" energy ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — yes we're in the kernel-guru corner of the man pages and honestly? iconic. today's main character is igb_read_invm_word_i210, and she does exactly one thing but she does it well. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 igb_read_invm_word_i210 (struct e1000_hw *hw , u8 address , u16
*data );

like, look at her. three params, one s32 return, no cap. 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. the hardware baddie herself, you're handing over the keys 🔑
  • address — the word address (aka eeprom offset) to read. yes bestie, "aka eeprom offset" — that's the vibe, that's the whole thing 📍
  • data — pointer to the data read. where the tea gets written when we're done ☕

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Reads 16-bit words from the OTP. Return error when the word is not stored in OTP.

lowkey important: if that word isn't living in the OTP, you get an error back. not me showing up to a word that literally doesn't exist 😭 — she's not stored, she's not returned, periodt.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file in question, for the curious girlies:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_i210.c

and the whole friend group — literally the entire i210 squad, all here, all slaying:

and that's the whole page bestie!! 💖

so like, this came out of <pink>./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb</pink> and it's dated <purple>October 2026</purple> — that's the source, that's the version, that's the timestamp, we love a documented queen. go read some OTP words, mwah 💋🦋⭐

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