ixgbe_read_eerd_buffer_X540(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ ixgbe_read_eerd_buffer_X540(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for ixgbe_read_eerd_buffer_X540, and it's literally about reading EEPROM words. EEPROM? iconic. EERD register? main character energy. let's get into it 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

ixgbe_read_eerd_buffer_X540 — Read EEPROM word(s) using EERD

like, the whole personality of this function is right there in the name, no cap 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ixgbe_read_eerd_buffer_X540 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u16 offset , u16
words , u16 *data );

the way that signature just sits there, serving looks ✨

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure 🫶 (yes, the actual hardware, she's real)
  • offset — offset of word in the EEPROM to read — lowkey where the reading starts
  • words — number of words — how many we're grabbing, bestie
  • data — word(s) read from the EEPROM — this is where the goods come back out 💖

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Reads a 16 bit word(s) from the EEPROM using the EERD register.

that's it, that's the vibe. 16 bits, EEPROM, EERD register, periodt 💀✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x540.c

and the whole friend group, fr fr — go check them out:

ngl bestie, that SEE ALSO list ate and left absolutely no crumbs. the X540 family is huge and they all showed up 🧚💜

okay and before you go — cute little sign-off moment 🎀: this page ships from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, under the title ixgbe_read_eerd_buffer_X540(9). slay, go read some EEPROM 💅✨

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