igb_read_part_string(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ igb_read_part_string(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this is the page for igb_read_part_string, and it's honestly such a little icon — it just goes to the EEPROM and fetches the part number for you. no cap.

🎀 NAME 🎀

igb_read_part_string — read device part number, periodt 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 igb_read_part_string (struct e1000_hw *hw , u8 *part_num , u32
part_num_size );

like yes that's the whole signature, she's compact and she knows it ✨

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure 🫶 you know, the usual, the main character of every e1000 call.
  • part_num — pointer to the device part number, this is where the good stuff lands 💖
  • part_num_size — the size of that part number buffer. lowkey important, bestie, she needs to know how much room she's got 🌸

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what she actually does 👑 — igb_read_part_string reads the product board assembly (PBA) number out of the EEPROM, and then stores that value in part_num. that's it. that's the whole vibe. fetch the PBA, drop it in the buffer, slay 💅✨

no extra drama, no hidden twist — she reads, she stores, she leaves. iconic behaviour fr fr 🧚

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file it lives in, for when you wanna go read the source and feel something:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_nvm.c

and her whole friend group in the igb/e1000 NVM universe, all linked up 💫:

like a whole little NVM squad, obsessed honestly 🌈💖

and that's the page, bestie 🎀 🫶 this one came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb in October 2026, so if you're reading it in the future just know she's been out here reading part numbers this whole time 💀✨ bye ily 💜

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