ixgbe_ones_comp_byte_add(9)

💅 ixgbe_ones_comp_byte_add — kernel API manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so real talk, this one's from the Kernel API Manual, page ixgbe_ones_comp_byte_add(9), and it's honestly a little legend. tiny function, big job. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_ones_comp_byte_add — she does one's complement addition. that's the whole vibe. no cap.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

u8 ixgbe_ones_comp_byte_add (u8 add1 , u8 add2 );

like, you hand her two u8 girlies and she hands you back a u8. the math is mathing 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• add1 — addend 1. the first little number. the main character of the pair, lowkey.
• add2 — addend 2. the second little number. she's also here. periodt.

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Returns the one's complement 8-bit sum. that's it, that's the function. she's an icon, she's a moment, she's a one-liner and she ate 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

and now the group chat. the whole squad. every single one of them, no skipped members fr fr:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_phy.c
• ixgbe_out_i2c_byte_ack(9), ixgbe_in_i2c_byte_ack(9), ixgbe_read_i2c_combined_generic_int(9), ixgbe_write_i2c_combined_generic_int(9), ixgbe_probe_phy(9), ixgbe_identify_phy_generic(9), ixgbe_check_reset_blocked(9), ixgbe_get_phy_id(9), ixgbe_get_phy_type_from_id(9), ixgbe_reset_phy_generic(9), ixgbe_read_phy_reg_mdi(9), ixgbe_read_phy_reg_generic(9), ixgbe_write_phy_reg_mdi(9), ixgbe_write_phy_reg_generic(9), ixgbe_msca_cmd(9), ixgbe_mii_bus_read_generic_c22(9), ixgbe_mii_bus_read_generic_c45(9), ixgbe_mii_bus_write_generic_c22(9), ixgbe_mii_bus_write_generic_c45(9), ixgbe_mii_bus_read_c22(9), ixgbe_mii_bus_read_c45(9), ixgbe_mii_bus_write_c22(9), ixgbe_mii_bus_write_c45(9), ixgbe_x550em_a_mii_bus_read_c22(9), ixgbe_x550em_a_mii_bus_read_c45(9), ixgbe_x550em_a_mii_bus_write_c22(9), ixgbe_x550em_a_mii_bus_write_c45(9), ixgbe_get_first_secondary_devfn(9), ixgbe_x550em_a_has_mii(9), ixgbe_mii_bus_init(9), ixgbe_setup_phy_link_generic(9), ixgbe_setup_phy_link_speed_generic(9), ixgbe_get_copper_speeds_supported(9), ixgbe_get_copper_link_capabilities_generic(9), ixgbe_check_phy_link_tnx(9), ixgbe_setup_phy_link_tnx(9), ixgbe_reset_phy_nl(9), ixgbe_identify_module_generic(9), ixgbe_identify_sfp_module_generic(9), ixgbe_identify_qsfp_module_generic(9), ixgbe_get_sfp_init_sequence_offsets(9), ixgbe_read_i2c_eeprom_generic(9), ixgbe_read_i2c_sff8472_generic(9), ixgbe_write_i2c_eeprom_generic(9), ixgbe_is_sfp_probe(9), ixgbe_read_i2c_byte_generic_int(9), ixgbe_read_i2c_byte_generic(9), ixgbe_read_i2c_byte_generic_unlocked(9), ixgbe_write_i2c_byte_generic_int(9), ixgbe_write_i2c_byte_generic(9), ixgbe_write_i2c_byte_generic_unlocked(9), ixgbe_i2c_start(9), ixgbe_i2c_stop(9), ixgbe_clock_in_i2c_byte(9), ixgbe_clock_out_i2c_byte(9), ixgbe_get_i2c_ack(9), ixgbe_clock_in_i2c_bit(9), ixgbe_clock_out_i2c_bit(9), ixgbe_raise_i2c_clk(9), ixgbe_lower_i2c_clk(9), ixgbe_set_i2c_data(9), ixgbe_get_i2c_data(9), ixgbe_i2c_bus_clear(9), ixgbe_tn_check_overtemp(9)

like?? look at that list. that's a whole friend group. every single one linked, none left on read 🫶

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🧚 sign-off 🧚

okay that's the page!! she lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes it's truncated in the footer, don't come for me, that's just how it's printed 😭), this edition is dated October 2026, and the footer still calls her ixgbe_ones_comp_byte_add(9) because she's that girl. bye bestie, go add some complements. ones' complement-ly 💖✨🌈