i40e_release_nvm(9)

💅 i40e_release_nvm

okay so this page is i40e_release_nvm(9) from the Kernel API Manual — a whole little glow-up of a man page and honestly? iconic. 🎀

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🌸 NAME

i40e_release_nvm — the generic request for releasing the NVM ownership 🫶

like, you grabbed the NVM earlier and now you're politely handing it back bestie

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✨ SYNOPSIS

void i40e_release_nvm (struct i40e_hw *hw );

that's it. that's the whole thing. no return value, void, she's giving minimalism 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS

• hw — pointer to the HW structure. literally the hardware struct, that's her, that's the whole vibe 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION

This function will release NVM resource via the proper Admin Command. ✨

no cap, that's genuinely the entire description — you call her, she sends the right Admin Command, the NVM resource gets freed. clean, simple, main character energy 👑

lowkey reminder that this is the counterpart to grabbing it in the first place — you acquire, you do your thing, you release. don't be the person who forgets the release step 🙈

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🎀 SEE ALSO

the whole friend group fr fr — kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c 💖

• i40e_init_nvm(9)
• i40e_acquire_nvm(9)
• i40e_poll_sr_srctl_done_bit(9)
• i40e_read_nvm_word_srctl(9)
• i40e_read_nvm_aq(9)
• i40e_read_nvm_word_aq(9)
• __i40e_read_nvm_word(9)
• i40e_read_nvm_word(9)
• i40e_read_nvm_module_data(9)
• i40e_read_nvm_buffer_srctl(9)
• i40e_read_nvm_buffer_aq(9)
• __i40e_read_nvm_buffer(9)
• i40e_read_nvm_buffer(9)
• i40e_write_nvm_aq(9)
• i40e_calc_nvm_checksum(9)
• i40e_update_nvm_checksum(9)
• i40e_validate_nvm_checksum(9)
• i40e_nvmupd_validate_command(9)
• i40e_nvmupd_nvm_erase(9)
• i40e_nvmupd_nvm_write(9)
• i40e_nvmupd_nvm_read(9)
• i40e_nvmupd_exec_aq(9)
• i40e_nvmupd_get_aq_result(9)
• i40e_nvmupd_get_aq_event(9)
• i40e_nvmupd_state_init(9)
• i40e_nvmupd_state_reading(9)
• i40e_nvmupd_state_writing(9)
• i40e_nvmupd_command(9)
• i40e_nvmupd_clear_wait_state(9)
• i40e_nvmupd_check_wait_event(9)

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and that's the page babes 🌈 this one lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e and it's dated October 2026 — so go release that NVM, slay, and I'll see you in the next man page 💜⭐🍓