ixgbe_calc_...hecksum_X540(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ ixgbe_calc_eeprom_checksum_X540 ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 🫶 — yes this is a real page from the kernel docs and yes we're gonna get through it together, no cap.

💖 NAME 💖

ixgbe_calc_eeprom_checksum_X540 — literally calculates the checksum and hands it back to you. that's it. that's the whole job. iconic behavior honestly ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int ixgbe_calc_eeprom_checksum_X540 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • hw — a pointer to the hardware structure, aka the whole vibe of the chip you're talking to. give it the right one or it's giving nothing 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea ☕ — this function does not use synchronization for EERD and EEWR. like, zero. none. not a single lock. so you can use it internally from a function that already utilizes ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync_X540, and that's exactly the point, iykyk. 🧚

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group 🫶 — check the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x540.c and also:

ngl, that's a lot of _X540 in one list and honestly? she ate. 💀✨

and that's the page bestie!! 🍓 this lil masterpiece lives over at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 — so like, future girlie energy fr fr. mwah, go read your kernel source, ily, bye 💜🎀💅

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