__i40e_read_nvm_word(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 __i40e_read_nvm_word — Kernel API Manual, but make it make sense 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the <pink>Kernel API Manual</pink> page for __i40e_read_nvm_word(9) — yes the double-underscore one, she's special, she's internal, she has lore 💜

✨ NAME ✨

__i40e_read_nvm_word — reads an nvm word, and assumes the caller does the locking 🔒 like fr fr it is trusting you to have handled that already

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int __i40e_read_nvm_word (struct i40e_hw *hw , u16 offset , u16 *data );

like it returns an int, takes three things, that's the whole vibe ✨

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure 💖 you know, the hardware bestie
  • offset — offset of the Shadow RAM word to read (0x000000 - 0x001FFF) 🎯 note the range, she has boundaries
  • data — word read from the Shadow RAM 🍓 this is where the good stuff lands

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so basically it reads one 16 bit word from the Shadow RAM. one. singular. a little 16-bit snack 🧚✨

⚠️ Do not use this function except in cases where the nvm lock is already taken via i40e_acquire_nvm. like. seriously. this is the whole point of the __. the lock is your job, not hers 😭 no cap, if you call this without the lock you're on your own and it's not giving responsible engineering 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c — the mothership 🛸

and the whole friend group, alphabetically-ish, all of them, no one left out 🫶

like. that's the entire contact list. she's connected 🌈

okay that's the page, ily, go take that lock first 💅✨

this lil manual moment came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e and it's dated October 2026 — so, era-defining honestly 👑🫶 go forth and read that nvm word 🎀

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