ixgbe_read_e...ffer_generic(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

ixgbe_read_eerd_buffer_generic — bestie, this one reads EEPROM word(s) using EERD ✨

(also hi, you're reading the Kernel API Manual, a.k.a. the sacred texts of the kernel, and this page is about one very specific little function 🎀)

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure 💅 that's your hardware era, the actual struct it lives in
  • offset — offset of word in the EEPROM to read 🎯 where in the EEPROM we're looking
  • words — number of word(s) 🌸 how many of them you want, plural girlie
  • data — 16 bit word(s) from the EEPROM 🫶 this is where the good stuff lands

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Reads a 16 bit word(s) from the EEPROM using the EERD register ✨ periodt. That's the whole vibe — 16 bit word(s), EEPROM, EERD register, no cap 💜

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

First up, the kernel file it lives in, fr fr:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c

And now the whole friend group 😭 (iykyk, this is a long list, but every single one made the cut):

okay that's the whole page, you ate that 💅💖 signing off from the source file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026 — go read some EEPROM words bestie, ily, mwah 🎀🦋✨

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