bnx2x_fill_fw_str(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 bnx2x_fill_fw_str 💅

okay so bestie, real talk: this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and it's about one tiny lil function that just… writes a firmware version string into a buffer. That's it. That's the whole gig. But she does it flawlessly, and honestly? Iconic. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

bnx2x_fill_fw_str — fill the buffer with the FW version string, no cap 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void bnx2x_fill_fw_str (struct bnx2x *bp , char *buf , size_t buf_len );

like, she takes three things and returns nothing (void — she gives, she does not take 😌).

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • bp — the driver handle 🫶 like, your main character pointer, the whole bnx2x situation.
  • buf — a character buffer to fill with the fw name 🎀 this is where the string goes, she's the canvas, she's the vibe.
  • buf_len — the length of the above buffer 📏 lowkey important, bestie — it's how long buf actually is.
fr fr, buf and buf_len are a matched set. One is the destination, one is the size. Don't come for me, that's just how it is. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the way this function has SO many friends 😭 she's literally so connected. Here's the whole group chat, starting with the header file she lives in:

like… fifty-seven besties. she's booked and busy. 👑

mwah 💋 that's the page! sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco..., dated October 2026 — so she's literally from the future, and she's serving kernel-manual realness. go read your firmware strings, bestie, and slay 💜✨🎀

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