ixgbe_write...ffer_generic(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

okay so welcome to the ixgbe_write...ffer_generic(9) page in the Kernel API Manual 💅 bestie, the actual function here is ixgbe_write_eewr_buffer_generic — and its whole assignment is Write EEPROM word(s) using EEWR ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is giving:

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

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure 🫶
  • offset — offset of word in the EEPROM to write 📍
  • words — number of words 🔢
  • data — word(s) to write to the EEPROM 💾

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this function writes a 16 bit word(s) to the EEPROM using the EEWR register 💖 that's literally the whole vibe — lowkey simple, highkey useful, no cap ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the Kernel file is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c 🧚

and here's the full see-also friend group — every single one, same order, no skips, periodt 👑

mwah 💋 — this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and the footer says source/version ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., date October 2026, and page ixgbe_write...ffer_generic(9). bye bestie, go write those EEPROM words 🫶✨

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