ixgbe_clock_in_i2c_byte(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_clock_in_i2c_byte ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about a lil function that clocks in exactly one byte over I2C 🎀 yes bestie, one byte, that's the whole gig, and she does it flawlessly.

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_clock_in_i2c_byte — clocks in one byte via I2C 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_clock_in_i2c_byte (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u8 *data );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure. yes the actual hardware, the real one, not a vibe 💅
  • data — data byte to clock in. she's a u8, she's one byte, she's booked and busy 🫶

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Clocks in one byte of data via the I2C data/clock lines 🔥 like, it literally clocks one byte in — data line and clock line, doing their little synchronized dance. iconic behavior, no cap ⭐

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

this is the part where the group chat gets tagged, and bestie... it's a lot of tags 😭 but every single one matters, so here we go, no skipping:

and that's the whole page, bestie 💜

cute lil sign-off: this one comes from the source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes, truncated in the footer, that's literally how it ships 🙈) and it's dated October 2026, under the same Kernel API Manual banner she started with. mwah 💋 stay clockin' 🕐✨

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