genwqe_recov...fir_required(9)

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💅 genwqe_recov...fir_required(9) — the Kernel API Manual girlie edition 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (that's the kernel-functions girlies, iykyk). today's main character is a little function with a huge name and honestly? she ate. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

genwqe_recovery_on_fatal_gfir_required — literally the "Version depended actions" function. yes, the manual really spells it "depended" and no, we are not fixing it, we respect the original text 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int genwqe_recovery_on_fatal_gfir_required (struct genwqe_dev *cd );

👑 ARGUMENTS 👑

  • cd — the GenWQE device information. that's it, that's the whole argument list. one (1) parameter, and she's a pointer to a struct genwqe_dev. slay.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea ☕ and it's genuinely important so listen up:

Bitstreams older than 2013-02-17 have a bug where fatal GFIRs must be ignored. like, no cap, must be ignored. not "should maybe", not "if you feel like it" — must. 💀

this is, for example, true for the bitstream we gave to the card manufacturer (yeah, that one 🙈), but also true for some old bitstreams we released to our test-lab. so if you're out here with an ancient bitstream and things are acting weird — that's the vibe check failing, and this function is the one who knows about it. periodt.

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

Kernel file ./drivers/misc/genwqe/card_base.c, plus the whole friend group:

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this little icon came to you from ./drivers/misc/genwqe, dated October 2026 — go drink some water, check your bitstream date, and stan responsibly 💜✨

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