ixgbe_write_...ined_generic(9)

💅 ixgbe_write_...ined_generic(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so real talk, this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual and the function name got absolutely demolished by the truncation goblin — it's ixgbe_write_...ined_generic(9), and honestly the full thing is ixgbe_write_i2c_combined_generic. iconic. we're doing I2C write-combined operations today, no cap 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_write_i2c_combined_generic — bestie, this one literally just does the I2C write combined operation. that's the whole vibe. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_write_i2c_combined_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u8 addr ,
u16 reg , u16 val );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to the hardware structure 🫶 (your main character struct, the whole hardware situation lives in here)
• addr — the I2C bus address you're writing to ✨
• reg — the I2C device register you're writing to 🎀
• val — the actual value going in there 💖

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Returns an error code on error. that's it, that's the description. lowkey the most honest manpage paragraph i've ever read 😭 like she said what she said and she's not elaborating. if something goes sideways you get an error code back, periodt.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the source file doing all the heavy lifting:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x550.c

and now the friend group 💜 (deep breath, there's like a whole extended family here):

• ixgbe_read_cs4227(9), ixgbe_write_cs4227(9), ixgbe_read_pe(9), ixgbe_write_pe(9), ixgbe_reset_cs4227(9), ixgbe_check_cs4227(9), ixgbe_read_i2c_combined_generic(9), ixgbe_read_i2c_combined_generic_unlocked(9), ixgbe_write_i2c_combined_generic_unlocked(9), ixgbe_fw_phy_activity(9), ixgbe_get_phy_id_fw(9), ixgbe_identify_phy_fw(9), ixgbe_shutdown_fw_phy(9), ixgbe_setup_fw_link(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fw(9), ixgbe_iosf_wait(9), ixgbe_get_phy_token(9), ixgbe_put_phy_token(9), ixgbe_write_iosf_sb_reg_x550a(9), ixgbe_read_iosf_sb_reg_x550a(9), ixgbe_get_bus_info_X550em(9), ixgbe_fw_recovery_mode_X550(9), ixgbe_setup_ixfi_x550em_x(9), ixgbe_restart_an_internal_phy_x550em(9), ixgbe_supported_sfp_modules_X550em(9), ixgbe_setup_mac_link_sfp_x550em(9), ixgbe_setup_sfi_x550a(9), ixgbe_setup_mac_link_sfp_n(9), ixgbe_setup_mac_link_sfp_x550a(9), ixgbe_setup_mac_link_t_X550em(9), ixgbe_setup_sgmii(9), ixgbe_setup_sgmii_fw(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_sgmii_x550em_a(9), ixgbe_get_lasi_ext_t_x550em(9), ixgbe_enable_lasi_ext_t_x550em(9), ixgbe_handle_lasi_ext_t_x550em(9), ixgbe_setup_kr_speed_x550em(9), ixgbe_setup_kr_x550em(9), ixgbe_led_on_t_x550em(9), ixgbe_led_off_t_x550em(9), ixgbe_set_fw_drv_ver_x550(9), ixgbe_setup_fc_x550em(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_backplane_x550em_a(9), ixgbe_fc_autoneg_fiber_x550em_a(9), ixgbe_reset_phy_fw(9), ixgbe_check_overtemp_fw(9), ixgbe_read_mng_if_sel_x550em(9), ixgbe_set_mdio_speed(9), ixgbe_setup_fc_backplane_x550em_a(9), ixgbe_set_mux(9), ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync_X550em(9), ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_X550em(9), ixgbe_acquire_swfw_sync_x550em_a(9), ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_x550em_a(9), ixgbe_read_phy_reg_x550a(9), ixgbe_write_phy_reg_x550a(9), ixgbe_enable_mdd_x550(9), ixgbe_disable_mdd_x550(9), ixgbe_restore_mdd_vf_x550(9), ixgbe_handle_mdd_x550(9)

like. that's sixty-something cross-references. she knows everyone. the way this page name-drops the entire ixgbe_x550.c cast list is genuinely main character energy 🌈👑

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ngl bestie, if you're here you're probably deep in X550 PHY-land. hydrate. read the unlocked variant too. iykyk 💀🥤

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and that's the page!! 🍓 source/version bit: this gem lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, closing out as ixgbe_write_...ined_generic(9) — mwah, slay, go write some I2C 💖🧚‍♀️⭐