ixgbe_i2c_bus_clear(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_i2c_bus_clear — clears the I2C bus, bestie. This is the ixgbe_i2c_bus_clear(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and we're gonna get you comfy with it.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ixgbe_i2c_bus_clear (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure. That's the whole vibe, no cap.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: this function clears the I2C bus by sending nine clock pulses. Nine. Not eight, not ten — nine, periodt. It's the move for when the data line is stuck low. You know that mood? The line's just sitting there, lowkey refusing to move, and ixgbe_i2c_bus_clear comes in with the clock pulses like "girl, get up." 💅

That's the stated use case: data line stuck low. Don't invent extra drama about what else it fixes — the page says what it says.

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_phy.c

the whole friend group, fr fr:

k bye ily 💖 this page came from the Kernel API Manual, and the footer/version sitch is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... with a date of October 2026. That's the source/version and date, bestie — slay. 🫶

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