ixgbe_shift_out_eeprom_bits(9)

💅 ixgbe_shift_out_eeprom_bits ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's about ixgbe_shift_out_eeprom_bits, and yes the name is a mouthful but it literally does what it says: it shifts data bits out to the EEPROM 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_shift_out_eeprom_bits — Shift data bits out to the EEPROM.

like. that's the whole vibe. bits go out. to the EEPROM. slay 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ixgbe_shift_out_eeprom_bits (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u16 data , u16 count );

returns void btw, so don't be out here waiting for a return value that's never coming 😭

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• hw — pointer to hardware structure 💖 (the hardware in question, obvi)
• data — data to send to the EEPROM
• count — number of bits to shift out 👑

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

this is the part where the manpage flexes its whole friend group. like, genuinely, it's giving "my mutuals" energy:

the file itself, bestie: Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c

and then, in the order they showed up (no gatekeeping, no reordering):

ixgbe_device_supports_autoneg_fc(9), ixgbe_setup_fc_generic(9), ixgbe_start_hw_generic(9), ixgbe_start_hw_gen2(9), ixgbe_init_hw_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_hw_cntrs_generic(9), ixgbe_read_pba_string_generic(9), ixgbe_get_mac_addr_generic(9), ixgbe_get_bus_info_generic(9), ixgbe_set_lan_id_multi_port_pcie(9), ixgbe_stop_adapter_generic(9), ixgbe_init_led_link_act_generic(9), ixgbe_led_on_generic(9), ixgbe_led_off_generic(9), ixgbe_init_eeprom_params_generic(9), ixgbe_write_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang_generic(9), ixgbe_write_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang(9), ixgbe_write_eeprom_generic(9), ixgbe_read_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang_generic(9), ixgbe_read_eeprom_buffer_bit_bang(9), ixgbe_read_eeprom_bit_bang_generic(9), ixgbe_read_eerd_buffer_generic(9), ixgbe_detect_eeprom_page_size_generic(9), ixgbe_read_eerd_generic(9), ixgbe_write_eewr_buffer_generic(9), ixgbe_write_eewr_generic(9), ixgbe_poll_eerd_eewr_done(9), ixgbe_acquire_eeprom(9), ixgbe_get_eeprom_semaphore(9), ixgbe_release_eeprom_semaphore(9), ixgbe_ready_eeprom(9), ixgbe_standby_eeprom(9), ixgbe_shift_in_eeprom_bits(9), ixgbe_raise_eeprom_clk(9), ixgbe_lower_eeprom_clk(9), ixgbe_release_eeprom(9), ixgbe_calc_eeprom_checksum_generic(9), ixgbe_validate_eeprom_checksum_generic(9), ixgbe_update_eeprom_checksum_generic(9), ixgbe_set_rar_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_rar_generic(9), ixgbe_init_rx_addrs_generic(9), ixgbe_mta_vector(9), ixgbe_set_mta(9), ixgbe_update_mc_addr_list_generic(9), ixgbe_enable_mc_generic(9), ixgbe_disable_mc_generic(9), ixgbe_fc_enable_generic(9), ixgbe_negotiate_fc(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_backplane(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_copper(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg(9), ixgbe_pcie_timeout_poll(9), ixgbe_disable_pcie_primary(9), ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync(9), ixgbe_release_swfw_sync(9), prot_autoc_read_generic(9), prot_autoc_write_generic(9), ixgbe_disable_rx_buff_generic(9), ixgbe_enable_rx_buff_generic(9), ixgbe_enable_rx_dma_generic(9), ixgbe_blink_led_start_generic(9), ixgbe_blink_led_stop_generic(9), ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_offset(9), ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_generic(9), ixgbe_get_pcie_msix_count_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_vmdq_generic(9), ixgbe_set_vmdq_generic(9), ixgbe_set_vmdq_san_mac_generic(9), ixgbe_init_uta_tables_generic(9), ixgbe_find_vlvf_slot(9), ixgbe_set_vfta_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_vfta_generic(9), ixgbe_need_crosstalk_fix(9), ixgbe_check_mac_link_generic(9), ixgbe_get_wwn_prefix_generic(9), ixgbe_set_mac_anti_spoofing(9), ixgbe_set_vlan_anti_spoofing(9), ixgbe_get_device_caps_generic(9), ixgbe_set_rxpba_generic(9), ixgbe_calculate_checksum(9), ixgbe_hic_unlocked(9), ixgbe_host_interface_command(9), ixgbe_set_fw_drv_ver_generic(9), ixgbe_clear_tx_pending(9), ixgbe_get_ets_data(9), ixgbe_get_thermal_sensor_data_generic(9), ixgbe_init_thermal_sensor_thresh_generic(9), ixgbe_get_orom_version(9), ixgbe_get_oem_prod_version(9), ixgbe_get_etk_id(9), ixgbe_setup_mac_link_multispeed_fiber(9), ixgbe_set_soft_rate_select_speed(9)

like… the way that list just keeps going?? iconic honestly 👑

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ngl bestie, that's genuinely the whole page — no OPTIONS section, no EXIT STATUS, no drama. just vibes, a synopsis, three arguments, and the longest SEE ALSO in the group chat 💀

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and that's a wrap, bestie!! this little gem came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 — so like, future energy fr fr. it also signs off as ixgbe_shift_out_eeprom_bits(9) down at the bottom, which is very "main character" of it. mwah 💋✨🌸