ixgbe_read_...ined_generic(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_read_...ined_generic(9) — bestie edition ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and it's about one lil function that goes and reads stuff over I2C in a combined way. ngl it's a tiny page but it's iconic in its own way 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_read_i2c_combined_generic — the function that does the I2C read combined operation, yes that's the whole description, and yes she ate 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_read_i2c_combined_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u8 addr , u16
reg , u16 *val );

that's the whole signature bestie, four args, one int coming back at you 🎀

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the hardware structure. like, the actual NIC vibes, main character energy 👑
  • addr — the I2C bus address you're reading from. gotta know where she lives 💖
  • reg — the I2C device register you're reading from. the exact drawer in the cabinet 📬
  • val — pointer to the location that receives the read value. this is where the answer lands, so don't forget to give her somewhere to sit 🪑✨

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so literally what it does: it returns an error code on error 😭 like that's the whole documented behaviour, no cap. that's it. that's the description. keep it in your heart 🎀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file she lives in is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x550.c — go say hi, she's friendly 💖

and okay the friend group is huge, here's literally everyone, no one gets left out, periodt:

sixty whole besties, that's a whole group chat and she's in it 💀💖

lowkey reminder that the only behaviour documented here is "Returns an error code on error" — don't go inventing more, bestie, that's not the vibe check we're doing 🙈

and that's the page!! source file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026, signed off as ixgbe_read_...ined_generic(9) 🎀✨ go read some I2C registers, slay, bye 🦋💜

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