bfa_nw_flash_update_part(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 bfa_nw_flash_update_part — Kernel API Manual

okay so bestie, welcome to the glow-up era of bfa_nw_flash_update_part, straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a little function with one big job: Update flash partition. that's the whole vibe. she's giving maintenance-mode main character energy 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

enum bfa_status bfa_nw_flash_update_part (struct bfa_flash *flash , u32
type , u8 instance , void *buf , u32 len , u32 offset , bfa_cb_flash
cbfn , void *cbarg );

like, yes, that's a lot of parameters. she's highkey an everything-bagel 🥯 but don't panic, we're gonna go through every single one 💖

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • flash — the flash structure. this is the whole situation, the icon herself 👑
  • type — flash partition type. which flavor of partition are we dealing with 🍓
  • instance — flash partition instance. like, which exact one, because apparently one wasn't enough 💀
  • buf — the update data buffer. this is where your actual bytes live 🫶
  • len — data buffer length. gotta know how much data you're bringing to the party ✨
  • offset — offset relative to the partition starting address. yes bestie, relative to the partition starting address, not absolute, i don't make the rules 📏
  • cbfn — callback function. she'll call you back, don't worry 💅
  • cbarg — callback argument. the little something extra you pass along to said callback 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Return status. and that's it. that's the description. lowkey iconic of the manpage to just say that and dip 🙈 but fr fr, that's what it does: it returns a status. enum bfa_status, to be exact. no cap.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the kernel file in question lives at:

./drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_ioc.c

and here's the whole friend group, all linked up 🫶:

notice how she has a read_part bestie but this one is update_part — they're sisters, not twins, iykyk 👯‍♀️

lowkey? the page is short, the parameter list is long, and balance is everything. go touch some flash (safely) 🌈

and that's the whole page, bestie! 🧚 this lil gem comes to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/brocade... and the date on the tin is October 2026 — so yeah, she's got a timestamp and she's not afraid to use it ⭐ bye babes, go update those partitions responsibly 💖

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