ixgbe_clock_out_i2c_byte(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_clock_out_i2c_byte(9) 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (ixgbe_clock_out_i2c_byte(9), section 9) and it's literally about pushing one single byte out over I2C. one byte. that's the whole vibe. tiny function, big main character energy ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_clock_out_i2c_byte — clocks out one byte via I2C 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ixgbe_clock_out_i2c_byte (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u8 data );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the hardware structure 🫶 (this is your whole NIC's little world)
  • data — the data byte that gets clocked out ⭐

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Clocks out one byte of data via the I2C data/clock lines. that's it, that's the function, and honestly? iconic. it just vibes on the clock and data pins and sends your byte on its way 🧚

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives right here:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_phy.c

and here's the whole friend group, no cap, every single one of them:

and that's the whole page bestie, go clock some bytes 🫶💖

source/version note: this came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 🌸 — so like, future-era kernel lore, periodt ✨👑
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