ixgbe_read_eerd_X540(9)

✨ ixgbe_read_eerd_X540(9) ✨

okay bestie, this one is straight from the Kernel API Manual and it's lowkey iconic. it's giving "I read EEPROM words so you don't have to" energy and honestly? obsessed. 💅

🌟 NAME 🌟

ixgbe_read_eerd_X540 — Read EEPROM word using EERD

like, that's literally the whole point. it reads a word. from the EEPROM. using EERD. slay. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_read_eerd_X540 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u16 offset , u16 *data );

copy it exactly, bestie — spaces, commas, all of it. no cap. this is the signature and we respect it. 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to hardware structure. it's the hardware bestie, the main character of this whole operation. you gotta pass it in.
• offset — offset of word in the EEPROM to read. yes there's a double space in the original, we don't question the ancients. just give it the offset. 💖
• data — word read from the EEPROM. this is where the 16-bit tea gets stored. 🍵

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Reads a 16 bit word from the EEPROM using the EERD register. that's it. that's the whole function. no cap. it's simple, it's clean, it's doing exactly what it says on the tin. highkey refreshing tbh. ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

so you wanna go deeper? valid. here's the whole friend group:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x540.c
• ixgbe_setup_mac_link_X540(9)
• ixgbe_reset_hw_X540(9)
• ixgbe_start_hw_X540(9)
• ixgbe_init_eeprom_params_X540(9)
• ixgbe_read_eerd_buffer_X540(9)
• ixgbe_write_eewr_X540(9)
• ixgbe_write_eewr_buffer_X540(9)
• ixgbe_calc_eeprom_checksum_X540(9)
• ixgbe_validate_eeprom_checksum_X540(9)
• ixgbe_update_eeprom_checksum_X540(9)
• ixgbe_update_flash_X540(9)
• ixgbe_poll_flash_update_done_X540(9)
• ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync_X540(9)
• ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_X540(9)
• ixgbe_get_swfw_sync_semaphore(9)
• ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_semaphore(9)
• ixgbe_init_swfw_sync_X540(9)
• ixgbe_blink_led_start_X540(9)
• ixgbe_blink_led_stop_X540(9)

like I said, big friend group. iykyk. 🫶

and that's the tea, bestie. this page came from the Kernel API Manual, source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026, and the function is ixgbe_read_eerd_X540(9). slay. 💖✨