ixgbe_calc_e...ksum_generic(9)

💖 ixgbe_calc_e...ksum_generic(9) 💖

okay so real talk — you're reading a page from the Kernel API Manual, and the star of the show is ixgbe_calc_e...ksum_generic(9). yes the title's got that dramatic ellipsis moment, she's mysterious, we love her. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_calc_eeprom_checksum_generic — she calculates the checksum and hands it right back to you. no cap, that's the whole job 🧮💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_calc_eeprom_checksum_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

like, that's it. that's the whole function signature. short and iconic 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to hardware structure. yes bestie, it's pointing at your hardware. give her something real to work with, don't be passing her nonsense 🙈

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

okay so this is the part where she name-drops literally everyone she knows. and honestly? her social circle is huge. first up, the kernel file where she lives:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c

and now the whole friend group, in order, no skipping, no gatekeeping 💜:

• ixgbe_device_supports_autoneg_fc(9), ixgbe_setup_fc_generic(9),
• ixgbe_start_hw_generic(9), ixgbe_start_hw_gen2(9),
• ixgbe_init_hw_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_hw_cntrs_generic(9),
• ixgbe_read_pba_string_generic(9), ixgbe_get_mac_addr_generic(9),
• ixgbe_get_bus_info_generic(9), ixgbe_set_lan_id_multi_port_pcie(9),
• ixgbe_stop_adapter_generic(9), ixgbe_init_led_link_act_generic(9),
• ixgbe_led_on_generic(9), ixgbe_led_off_generic(9),
• ixgbe_init_eeprom_params_generic(9),
• ixgbe_write_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang_generic(9),
• ixgbe_write_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang(9), ixgbe_write_eeprom_generic(9),
• ixgbe_read_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang_generic(9),
• ixgbe_read_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang(9),
• ixgbe_read_eeprom_bit_bang_generic(9),
• ixgbe_read_eerd_buffer_generic(9),
• ixgbe_detect_eeprom_page_size_generic(9), ixgbe_read_eerd_generic(9),
• ixgbe_write_eewr_buffer_generic(9), ixgbe_write_eewr_generic(9),
• ixgbe_poll_eerd_eewr_done(9), ixgbe_acquire_eeprom(9),
• ixgbe_get_eeprom_semaphore(9), ixgbe_release_eeprom_semaphore(9),
• ixgbe_ready_eeprom(9), ixgbe_standby_eeprom(9),
• ixgbe_shift_out_eeprom_bits(9), ixgbe_shift_in_eeprom_bits(9),
• ixgbe_raise_eeprom_clk(9), ixgbe_lower_eeprom_clk(9),
• ixgbe_release_eeprom(9), ixgbe_validate_eeprom_checksum_generic(9),
• ixgbe_update_eeprom_checksum_generic(9), ixgbe_set_rar_generic(9),
• ixgbe_clear_rar_generic(9), ixgbe_init_rx_addrs_generic(9),
• ixgbe_mta_vector(9), ixgbe_set_mta(9),
• ixgbe_update_mc_addr_list_generic(9), ixgbe_enable_mc_generic(9),
• ixgbe_disable_mc_generic(9), ixgbe_fc_enable_generic(9),
• ixgbe_negotiate_fc(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber(9),
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_backplane(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_copper(9),
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg(9), ixgbe_pcie_timeout_poll(9),
• ixgbe_disable_pcie_primary(9), ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync(9),
• ixgbe_release_swfw_sync(9), prot_autoc_read_generic(9),
• prot_autoc_write_generic(9), ixgbe_disable_rx_buff_generic(9),
• ixgbe_enable_rx_buff_generic(9), ixgbe_enable_rx_dma_generic(9),
• ixgbe_blink_led_start_generic(9), ixgbe_blink_led_stop_generic(9),
• ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_offset(9), ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_generic(9),
• ixgbe_get_pcie_msix_count_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_vmdq_generic(9),
• ixgbe_set_vmdq_generic(9), ixgbe_set_vmdq_san_mac_generic(9),
• ixgbe_init_uta_tables_generic(9), ixgbe_find_vlvf_slot(9),
• ixgbe_set_vfta_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_vfta_generic(9),
• ixgbe_need_crosstalk_fix(9), ixgbe_check_mac_link_generic(9),
• ixgbe_get_wwn_prefix_generic(9), ixgbe_set_mac_anti_spoofing(9),
• ixgbe_set_vlan_anti_spoofing(9), ixgbe_get_device_caps_generic(9),
• ixgbe_set_rxpba_generic(9), ixgbe_calculate_checksum(9),
• ixgbe_hic_unlocked(9), ixgbe_host_interface_command(9),
• ixgbe_set_fw_drv_ver_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_tx_pending(9),
• ixgbe_get_ets_data(9), ixgbe_get_thermal_sensor_data_generic(9),
• ixgbe_init_thermal_sensor_thresh_generic(9), ixgbe_get_orom_version(9),
• ixgbe_get_oem_prod_version(9), ixgbe_get_etk_id(9),
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_multispeed_fiber(9),
• ixgbe_set_soft_rate_select_speed(9)

like… ninety-four whole siblings. she is not an only child and she wants you to know it 😭🔥

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heads up bestie: that title up top with the ... in the middle? that's literally how it's printed, so don't go "fixing" it in your notes. leave her ellipsis alone 💀

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okay that's the whole page, no crumbs left behind 🍓 and for the cute sign-off: this icon lives over at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., the page is dated October 2026, and it's filed under ixgbe_calc_e...ksum_generic(9) — go forth and checksum, queen 🌈👑✨