ixgbe_write_pe(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_write_pe(9) — like, the port expander register writer ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for ixgbe_write_pe(9). this one's short and sweet — literally a tiny little function whose whole personality is "write a register to the port expander." no cap. let's get into it 🫶

🎀 NAME 🎀

ixgbe_write_pe — write register to port expander 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_write_pe (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u8 reg , u8 value );

like, that's the whole signature. three args, returns an int. slay 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • hw — pointer to hardware structure. yes bestie, the whole hardware struct, she's the main character here 👑
  • reg — register number to write. which register? this one 📍
  • value — value to write. the actual payload, the moment, the ~content~ ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Returns status code. that's it. that's the description. she's lowkey mysterious, she's highkey just handing you back a status code and dipping 😭💀

ngl this is one of those "the docs are shorter than the function name" situations. but hey — status code returned, periodt. ⭐

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is where it gets iconic — the SEE ALSO list is giving extended universe, franchise, cinematic saga. buckle up bestie, we're going through all of them 🧚💜

the kernel file in question lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x550.c 📁

and then, in order, the whole friend group:

sixty entries. sixty. she said "you WILL know my whole social circle" and honestly? respect 💀🔥

💖 vibe check, fr fr: this page is sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and dated October 2026. that's the footer energy, bestie — consider it noted, consider it signed off, consider it slayed. 🎀🦋✨
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