hl_fw_dynam...error_status(9)
πΈ hl_fw_dynamic_report_error_status β a Kernel API Manual moment π
okay bestie, welcome to the habanalabs firmware corner of the kernel, pls keep your hands and feet inside the ride at all times π’ this one lives in section 9 of the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? she's a little reporter girlie whose whole job is telling you about error status β¨
π NAME π
hl_fw_dynamic_report_error_status β report error status π«Ά like, she reports the error status. that's the whole vibe. no cap.
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
void hl_fw_dynamic_report_error_status (struct hl_device *hdev , u32
status , enum comms_sts expected_status );
yes the line break is real, that's just how it's printed, don't come for her π returns void, so nobody's handing you a return value, she just does her thing and dips.
π ARGUMENTS π
hdevβ pointer to the habanalabs device structure π this is the device we're talking about, the main character of the whole habanalabs saga.statusβ value of FW status register π₯ literally the raw number sitting in the firmware status register. that's the tea.expected_statusβ the expected status πΈ type isenum comms_sts, and it's the status you were expecting to see. so, y'know, so you can tell when reality and expectations are not matching, and that is a whole mood π
β SEE ALSO β
the whole friend group, fr fr β she does not exist in a vacuum:
- Kernel file
./drivers/accel/habanalabs/common/firmware_if.c 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_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_dynamic_load_image(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)
π that's thirty cross-references babe, she's connected. iykyk.
mwah, that's the page π§ this little number comes from ./drivers/accel/habanalabs/common, dated October 2026, and it's the hl_fw_dynam...error_status(9) page from the Kernel API Manual. go read a real book now, or don't, i'm not your mom π
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π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms