hl_fw_dynami...t_descriptor(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 hl_fw_dynami...t_descriptor(9) — from the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the group chat 💖 this one's short and sweet — it's literally just the handshake with the CPU to get the FW descriptor. yes, that handshake. no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

hl_fw_dynamic_request_descriptor — handshake with CPU to get FW descriptor 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int hl_fw_dynamic_request_descriptor (struct hl_device *hdev , struct
fw_load_mgr *fw_loader , size_t next_image_size );

that's the whole vibe, three args, she's giving "small function, big responsibility" 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hdev — pointer to the habanalabs device structure 🦋 this is the main character, the device herself
  • fw_loader — the managing structure for loading the device's FW, lowkey the handler that keeps everything together
  • next_image_size — the size to allocate for the next FW component 💅 this is how much room the next piece gets

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

it returns 0 on success, otherwise a non-zero error code. that's it, that's the whole description fr fr 😭

so like — 0 means slay, anything else means something went sideways. check your error code, bestie, don't just assume 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay the friend group here is huge, brace yourself 💀

Kernel file: ./drivers/accel/habanalabs/common/firmware_if.c ✨

and then, in order because we are nothing if not thorough:

like I said. whole friend group. all iconic 👑 iykyk 💅

and that's the page!! mwah 🍓 this little cutie lives in ./drivers/accel/habanalabs/common, and the version vibes are from October 2026 — go read the source, bestie, it ate 💖🧚‍♀️

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