ixgbe_read_e...buffer_82599(9)

💅 ixgbe_read_eeprom_buffer_82599(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀

okay so welcome to the group chat, this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual and honestly it's a lil cutie. it's all about pulling EEPROM words using the fastest method available. no cap. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_read_eeprom_buffer_82599 — reads EEPROM word(s) using the fastest available method 🫶

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

int ixgbe_read_eeprom_buffer_82599 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u16 offset ,
u16 words , u16 *data );

like, that's the whole signature. she's not complicated, she's just booked and busy 💅

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• hw — pointer to the hardware structure. this is the main character, everything goes through her 👑
• offset — offset of the word in EEPROM that you wanna read. where you're looking, basically 🦋
• words — number of words. how many you're grabbing, plural girlie energy ✨
• data — word(s) read from the EEPROM. where the goodies land when they come back 🌸

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

she retrieves 16 bit word(s) read from EEPROM. that's it, that's the vibe. 16 bits of pure information, slayed 💅 no notes, iconic behavior fr fr.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is the part where the manpage goes full main character energy and links literally everyone in the friend group. absolute icon behavior, i'm obsessed 😭

first up, the kernel file this whole thing lives in:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c

then the whole 82599 extended family, in order, no cap:

• prot_autoc_read_82599(9), prot_autoc_write_82599(9), ixgbe_init_phy_ops_82599(9), ixgbe_get_link_capabilities_82599(9), ixgbe_get_media_type_82599(9), ixgbe_stop_mac_link_on_d3_82599(9), ixgbe_start_mac_link_82599(9), ixgbe_disable_tx_laser_multispeed_fiber(9), ixgbe_enable_tx_laser_multispeed_fiber(9), ixgbe_flap_tx_laser_multispeed_fiber(9), ixgbe_set_hard_rate_select_speed(9), ixgbe_setup_mac_link_smartspeed(9), ixgbe_setup_mac_link_82599(9), ixgbe_setup_copper_link_82599(9), ixgbe_reset_hw_82599(9), ixgbe_fdir_check_cmd_complete(9), ixgbe_reinit_fdir_tables_82599(9), ixgbe_fdir_enable_82599(9), ixgbe_init_fdir_signature_82599(9), ixgbe_init_fdir_perfect_82599(9), ixgbe_atr_compute_sig_hash_82599(9), ixgbe_fdir_add_signature_filter_82599(9), ixgbe_atr_compute_perfect_hash_82599(9), ixgbe_get_fdirtcpm_82599(9), ixgbe_read_analog_reg8_82599(9), ixgbe_write_analog_reg8_82599(9), ixgbe_start_hw_82599(9), ixgbe_identify_phy_82599(9), ixgbe_enable_rx_dma_82599(9), ixgbe_verify_fw_version_82599(9), ixgbe_verify_lesm_fw_enabled_82599(9), ixgbe_read_eeprom_82599(9), ixgbe_reset_pipeline_82599(9), ixgbe_read_i2c_byte_82599(9), ixgbe_write_i2c_byte_82599(9)

bestie i need you to know that's all of them, i didn't skip a single one, i would never do that to you 🫶

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and that's the whole page! 💜 sign-off time: this lil beauty came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, footer and all, and yes the title at the top and bottom both say ixgbe_read_e...buffer_82599(9) because she said consistency is key 💅✨ literally iconic, periodt. 🦋🌸