i40e_nvm_version_str(9)

💅 i40e_nvm_version_str(9) 💅

okay so real talk, bestie — we're deep in the Kernel API Manual today, and the star of the show is i40e_nvm_version_str. it's giving "niche but iconic," iykyk 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

i40e_nvm_version_str — literally just formats the NVM version strings. that's the whole vibe. no cap, that's it. 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

char * i40e_nvm_version_str (struct i40e_hw *hw , char *buf , size_t len );

look at her go 😭 she takes stuff, she gives you back a char *. main character energy fr fr.

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• hw — ptr to the hardware info 👑 like, the hardware tea, right here.
• buf — string buffer to store 🎀 this is where the formatted string goes to live its best life.
• len — buffer size ⭐ yes bestie, you gotta tell her how much room she's got. respect the len.

ngl, don't sleep on len — it's the buffer size and she matters. 🙈

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

sooo if you wanna go down the rabbit hole (and honestly? you should), here's the whole squad 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h 📁

and the friend group of cross-references, all of them, in order, no bestie left behind:

• __i40e_pf_next_vsi(9)
• __i40e_pf_next_veb(9)
• i40e_addr_to_hkey(9)
• i40e_info_nvm_ver(9)
• i40e_info_eetrack(9)
• i40e_info_civd_ver(9)
• i40e_netdev_to_pf(9)
• i40e_get_fd_cnt_all(9)
• i40e_read_fd_input_set(9)
• i40e_write_fd_input_set(9)
• i40e_get_pf_count(9)
• i40e_find_vsi_by_type(9)
• i40e_irq_dynamic_enable(9)
• i40e_is_tc_mqprio_enabled(9)
• i40e_hw_to_pf(9)
• i40e_pf_get_vsi_by_seid(9)
• i40e_pf_get_main_vsi(9)
• i40e_pf_get_veb_by_seid(9)
• i40e_pf_get_main_veb(9)

like, the way that list just keeps going?? obsessed. 💀✨

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and that's the page, bestie 🫶 this lil slice of kernel lore lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026, and it goes by i40e_nvm_version_str(9) — periodt. 💜🧚‍♀️