igb_set_i2c_data(9)

💅 igb_set_i2c_data — like, the I2C data bit setter bestie

okay so this is igb_set_i2c_data, from the kernel API manual, section 9 (iykyk, that's the kernel internals girlies 🧚). Yes bestie, we're literally down in the intel igb driver, poking at one (1) single bit. iconic behaviour tbh.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void igb_set_i2c_data (void *data , int state );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. two arguments, zero returns, pure main character energy 👑

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• data — a pointer to the hardware structure. yeah, the whole hardware struct, passed as a void *, because we're mysterious like that 🙈
• state — the I2C data value you wanna set. it's 0 or 1. that's the whole range, bestie, it's a bit, it can't be more than that. binary queen behaviour 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Sets the I2C data bit. ✨

like... that's genuinely the whole thing. it sets the I2C data bit. no cap, no hidden lore, no secret side quest. you hand it the hardware structure and a 0 or 1, and the I2C data bit gets set to that. short king of a description honestly 👑

lowkey the tiny ones are always the most trustworthy? one job, does the job, doesn't elaborate. obsessed.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay bestie buckle up, this list is long, like a group chat scroll situation 😭 every one of these is a real reference, I'm not skipping a single one, periodt:

igb_get_i2c_data(9), igb_set_i2c_clk(9), igb_get_i2c_clk(9), igb_get_hw_dev(9), igb_init_module(9), igb_exit_module(9), igb_cache_ring_register(9), igb_write_ivar(9), igb_configure_msix(9), igb_request_msix(9), igb_free_q_vector(9), igb_reset_q_vector(9), igb_free_q_vectors(9), igb_clear_interrupt_scheme(9), igb_set_interrupt_capability(9), igb_alloc_q_vector(9), igb_alloc_q_vectors(9), igb_init_interrupt_scheme(9), igb_request_irq(9), igb_irq_disable(9), igb_irq_enable(9), igb_release_hw_control(9), igb_get_hw_control(9), igb_config_tx_modes(9), igb_setup_tx_mode(9), igb_configure(9), igb_power_up_link(9), igb_power_down_link(9), igb_check_swap_media(9), igb_up(9), igb_set_i2c_bb(9), igb_set_fw_version(9), igb_init_mas(9), igb_init_i2c(9), igb_probe(9), igb_remove_i2c(9), igb_remove(9), igb_probe_vfs(9), igb_sw_init(9), __igb_open(9), __igb_close(9), igb_setup_tx_resources(9), igb_setup_all_tx_resources(9), igb_setup_tctl(9), igb_configure_tx_ring(9), igb_configure_tx(9), igb_setup_rx_resources(9), igb_setup_all_rx_resources(9), igb_setup_mrqc(9), igb_setup_rctl(9), igb_setup_srrctl(9), igb_configure_rx_ring(9), igb_configure_rx(9), igb_free_tx_resources(9), igb_free_all_tx_resources(9), igb_clean_tx_ring(9), igb_clean_all_tx_rings(9), igb_free_rx_resources(9), igb_free_all_rx_resources(9), igb_clean_rx_ring(9), igb_clean_all_rx_rings(9), igb_set_mac(9), igb_write_mc_addr_list(9), igb_set_rx_mode(9), igb_has_link(9), igb_check_lvmmc(9), igb_watchdog(9), igb_update_ring_itr(9), igb_update_itr(9), igb_tx_timeout(9), igb_get_stats64(9), igb_change_mtu(9), igb_update_stats(9), igb_set_uta(9), igb_intr_msi(9), igb_intr(9), igb_poll(9), igb_clean_tx_irq(9), igb_reuse_rx_page(9), igb_add_rx_frag(9), igb_is_non_eop(9), igb_cleanup_headers(9), igb_process_skb_fields(9), igb_alloc_rx_buffers(9), igb_mii_ioctl(9), igb_ioctl(9), igb_io_error_detected(9), igb_io_slot_reset(9), igb_io_resume(9), igb_rar_set_index(9), igb_read_i2c_byte(9), igb_write_i2c_byte(9)

and the kernel file itself, bestie, go read the source it's right there:

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

like, the whole driver lives in there, this is the source-of-truth file, slay 🫶

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🌸 the sign-off 🌸

this masterpiece of documentation comes to you courtesy of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb, dated October 2026, and it's igb_set_i2c_data(9) — one bit at a time, bestie. go set that data bit. you got this. 💖✨🎀