ixgbe_get_etk_id(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_get_etk_id(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for ixgbe_get_etk_id</p> — yes, that's the section 9 one, network driver girlies rise up 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_get_etk_id</p> — literally just returns the Etrack ID straight out of the EEPROM. that's the whole job. iconic minimalism 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ixgbe_get_etk_id (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , struct ixgbe_nvm_version
*nvm_ver );

no cap, that's the whole signature. returns void, so don't go looking for a return value, she gives nothing back 😌

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • hw — pointer to the hardware structure. your actual hardware vibes live here 🎀
  • nvm_ver — pointer to the output structure. this is where the answer gets written, so keep it safe 🦋

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so the function pulls the Etrack ID out of the EEPROM, and here's the one thing you must remember:

word read errors will return 0xFFFF 💀

that's it. that's the caveat. if a word read goes sideways, you get 0xFFFF back — so don't be surprised when you see it, she's telling you upfront fr fr 🙈

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the whole ixgbe extended family is here, and yes, we're listing every single one because nobody gets left behind 🌈

that's the page, bestie, you ate that 🍓

this lil masterpiece comes from source/version ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 — so like, future era, main character energy 👑 and yeah, the footer says ixgbe_get_etk_id(9) again, she said her name twice because she's THAT girl 💜

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