ixgbe_read_sr_word_aci(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_read_sr_word_aci(9) 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and bestie, we're about to read some Shadow RAM together. stay with me, it's actually not scary 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_read_sr_word_aci — literally just reads a Shadow RAM word, but via ACI. that's the whole vibe. no cap. 🌸

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • hw — a pointer to the HW structure. like, the whole hardware situation. you're handing it over. 🎀
  • offset — the offset of the Shadow RAM word you wanna read, and it has to be in the range 0x000000 - 0x001FFF. stay inside those lines, bestie, iykyk. 🔥
  • data — the word that got read out of the Shadow RAM. it comes back to you through here. 💖

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Reads one 16 bit word from the Shadow RAM, and it does it by way of ixgbe_read_flat_nvm. that's it, that's the whole bit. iconic behavior honestly. 🦋

✨ RETURN ✨

It returns the exit code of the operation. so yeah, go check what it gave you, don't just assume it slayed. 😭

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the Kernel file is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_e610.c and honestly it's giving main character energy, so here's the entire friend group it runs with — every single one of them, no skips, periodt 👑

not to be dramatic but this list ate and left no crumbs 🍓 still, go read them in order, they're all (9) sections so they're right there waiting for you 💜

okay that's the page!! mwah 🧚 this little number comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, so yeah, it's a whole timestamped moment. bye bestie, go read your Shadow RAM 💖✨🌈

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