hl_fw_dynamic_load_image(9)

💫 hl_fw_dynamic_load_image(9) 💫

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 🎀 — this one lives in section 9 and it's called hl_fw_dynamic_load_image. that's the whole name, iykyk.

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✨ NAME ✨

hl_fw_dynamic_load_image — load FW image using dynamic protocol 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int hl_fw_dynamic_load_image (struct hl_device *hdev , struct
fw_load_mgr *fw_loader , enum hl_fw_component load_fwc , u32
img_ld_timeout );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hdev — pointer to the habanalabs device structure 🫶 that's your device, your main character.
• fw_loader — managing structure for loading device's FW ✨ the little manager that runs the whole FW-loading situation.
• load_fwc — the FW component to be loaded 🎀 literally which piece of firmware we're yeeting in.
• img_ld_timeout — image load timeout ⭐ the clock is ticking, no cap.

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

fr fr the description is short and it's giving efficiency: return 0 on success, otherwise non-zero error code 💀 that's it, that's the whole vibe check.

so like… 0 = slay, anything else = not slay. periodt.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/accel/habanalabs/common/firmware_if.c — the source file, go read it bestie 📖
• hl_fw_version_cmp(9)
• extract_u32_until_given_char(9)
• hl_get_sw_major_minor_subminor(9)
• hl_get_preboot_major_minor(9)
• hl_release_firmware(9)
• hl_fw_copy_fw_to_device(9)
• hl_fw_copy_msg_to_device(9)
• hl_fw_load_fw_to_device(9)
• hl_fw_send_cpu_message(9)
• hl_fw_preboot_update_state(9)
• hl_fw_dynamic_report_error_status(9)
• hl_fw_dynamic_send_cmd(9)
• hl_fw_dynamic_extract_fw_response(9)
• hl_fw_dynamic_wait_for_status(9)
• hl_fw_dynamic_send_clear_cmd(9)
• hl_fw_dynamic_send_protocol_cmd(9)
• hl_fw_compat_crc32(9)
• hl_fw_dynamic_validate_memory_bound(9)
• hl_fw_dynamic_validate_descriptor(9)
• hl_fw_dynamic_read_and_validate_descriptor(9)
• hl_fw_dynamic_request_descriptor(9)
• hl_fw_dynamic_read_device_fw_version(9)
• hl_fw_dynamic_copy_image(9)
• hl_fw_dynamic_copy_msg(9)
• hl_fw_boot_fit_update_state(9)
• hl_fw_linux_update_state(9)
• hl_fw_dynamic_send_msg(9)
• hl_fw_dynamic_init_cpu(9)
• hl_fw_static_init_cpu(9)
• hl_fw_init_cpu(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🧚💖

cute little sign-off: this one shipped out of ./drivers/accel/habanalabs/common 🍓 dated October 2026 — iconic, timeless, obsessed 💜✨