ixgbe_read_...ring_generic(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_read_pba_string_generic — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the ixgbe_read_pba_string_generic(9) page 🦋 — she's a kernel API girly through and through, and honestly? iconic. Let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_read_pba_string_generic — literally reads the part number string from EEPROM. that's it, that's the whole job 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_read_pba_string_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u8 *pba_num ,
u32 pba_num_size );

like yes, she takes three things and returns an int. main character energy fr fr 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure. the hardware in question, the whole vibe, the icon herself 🫶
  • pba_num — stores the part number string from the EEPROM. this is where the good stuff lands 🍓
  • pba_num_size — part number string buffer length. so she knows how much room she's got to work with, no cap 💀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Reads the part number string from the EEPROM. short, sweet, and to the point — she goes to the EEPROM, grabs the part number string, and that's the whole errand 🌈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c — that's where she lives, go say hi 💜

and then, the full friend group, in the exact order they were introduced ✨ (do NOT come for me, I'm not re-sorting them, they're alphabetical-ish and they know where they stand):

like look at that list. ninety-something icons. ate and left zero crumbs 💅✨

🧚 sign-off 🧚

so this little gem comes from source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and she's dated October 2026, and the header she rocks is ixgbe_read_...ring_generic(9) — yes the title's abbreviated with the ..., no I didn't do that, it's just how she's filed, and honestly it's giving mystery 🌟

that's the page bestie, go read some EEPROMs, you've got this 💖🎀🦋

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