fpga_mgr_firmware_load(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

Okurrr bestie 💖 welcome to fpga_mgr_firmware_load(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the kernel API manual, we're fancy now. Let's get this firmware loaded, periodt. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

fpga_mgr_firmware_load — request firmware and load to fpga 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

The signature, exactly as it is, no edits, no cap:

int fpga_mgr_firmware_load (struct fpga_manager *mgr , struct
       fpga_image_info *info , const char *image_name );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • mgr — the fpga manager 👑
  • info — fpga image specific information 🖼️
  • image_name — name of image file on the firmware search path 📁

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So here's the vibe, bestie: this function requests an FPGA image using the firmware class, then writes it out to the FPGA. 🫶 It updates the state before each step so that, if there is a failure, you get info on what step failed — iconic, honestly. 😭

This code assumes the caller got the mgr pointer from of_fpga_mgr_get or fpga_mgr_get and checked that it is not an error code. That's the whole assumption, no extras, periodt. 💖

🌈 RETURN 🌈

0 on success, negative error code otherwise. That's it. Not me being dramatic about a return value. 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c — go peek, iykyk 👀:

xoxo, your kernel bestie 🎀 source/version: ./drivers/fpga — date: October 2026 💖

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