NE_VERSION(9)

✨ NE_VERSION ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for NE_VERSION 🫶. It’s short, it’s iconic, and it’s here to explain one tiny but important register.

💖 NAME 💖

NE_VERSION is the (2 bytes) register that selects the device run-time version. It’s Read/Write — that’s the whole vibe check, no cap. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

literally just this, bestie, no extra flags, no side quests:

NE_VERSION

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole related-friend-group, iykyk:

• Kernel file ./drivers/virt/nitro_enclaves/ne_pci_dev.h
• Nitro Enclaves (NE) PCI device(9)
• PCI_DEVICE_ID_NE(9)
• PCI_BAR_NE(9)
• Device registers in the NE PCI device MMIO BAR(9)
• NE_ENABLE(9)
• NE_COMMAND(9)
• NE_EVTCNT(9)
• NE_SEND_DATA(9)
• NE_RECV_DATA(9)
• Device MMIO buffer sizes(9)
• NE_SEND_DATA_SIZE(9)
• NE_RECV_DATA_SIZE(9)
• MSI-X interrupt vectors(9)
• NE_VEC_REPLY(9)
• NE_VEC_EVENT(9)
• enum ne_pci_dev_cmd_type(9)
• Device commands - payload structure for requests and replies.(9)
• struct enclave_start_req(9)
• struct enclave_get_slot_req(9)
• struct enclave_stop_req(9)
• struct slot_alloc_req(9)
• struct slot_free_req(9)
• struct slot_add_mem_req(9)
• struct slot_add_vcpu_req(9)
• struct slot_count_req(9)
• struct next_slot_req(9)
• struct slot_info_req(9)
• struct slot_add_bulk_vcpus_req(9)
• struct ne_pci_dev_cmd_reply(9)
• struct ne_pci_dev(9)
• ne_do_request(9)

signing off from ./drivers/virt/nitro_enclaves, dated October 2026 — NE_VERSION(9) out, bestie 💋✨