i40e_read_nvm_word_aq(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 i40e_read_nvm_word_aq(9) — the Kernel API Manual page, but make it make sense 🎀

okay so bestie, we're in the <pink>Kernel API Manual</pink> and this one is genuinely a tiny little legend — it does exactly one thing and it does it with ✨AdminQ energy✨. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

i40e_read_nvm_word_aq — Reads Shadow RAM via AQ 💖

like literally that's the whole personality. it reads. from Shadow RAM. through the AQ. slay.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int i40e_read_nvm_word_aq (struct i40e_hw *hw , u16 offset , u16 *data );

that's it. that's the whole function signature. three params, one int coming back at you, no cap 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. the main character of this whole operation, fr fr 👑
  • offset — offset of the Shadow RAM word to read, and the valid range is <cyan>0x000000 - 0x001FFF</cyan> (keep that in mind, bestie, it's giving "stay in your lane" energy)
  • data — word read from the Shadow RAM. it's a pointer, so this is where the answer lands when the function is done with you 💫

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Reads one 16 bit word from the Shadow RAM using the AdminQ. one word. sixteen bits. AdminQ. that's the vibe check and it passed ✅

no cap, it's the AQ-flavoured sibling of the srctl one, iykyk 🌈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file <purple>./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c</purple> — go read the source, bestie, it's right there 🧚

like, that is a whole friend group and every single one of them is invited to the group chat 🫶💀

ok that's the page!! short and iconic, just how we like it 💅✨

and finally, the cute little sign-off: this gem lives under <mint>./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e</mint> and it's dated <peach>October 2026</peach> — so yeah, future vibes, main character energy, periodt 👑🎀🦋

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