ice_check_co...ent_response(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so welcome to the ice_check_co...ent_response(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie. The actual function is ice_check_component_response, and the NAME line is literally:

ice_check_component_response — Report firmware response to a component

That's the whole name. Iconic. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

No cap, here's the entire signature, character for character:

int ice_check_component_response (struct ice_pf *pf , u16 id , u8 response , u8 code , struct netlink_ext_ack *extack );

Five arguments, all accounted for, periodt. 💅

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🌈 ARGUMENTS 🌈

• pf — device private data structure. It's the device's own private data situation, lowkey main character energy.
• id — component id being checked. Just the id of the component we're checking, bestie.
• response — indicates whether this component can be updated. So it's the "can we update this or not?" signal.
• code — code indicating reason for response. The reason code behind the response, fr fr.
• extack — netlink extended ACK structure. That's the netlink extended ACK structure, periodt.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the whole job is a firmware vibe check: check whether firmware indicates if this component can be updated. If the component cannot be updated, report a suitable error message over the netlink extended ACK. That's the tea. 🫶

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💜 RETURN 💜

The return section says: zero if the component can be updated, or -ECANCELED of the firmware indicates the component cannot be updated.

That's the exact wording, bestie — -ECANCELED is the dramatic little icon here. 💀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Go touch grass in these files and functions, iykyk:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_fw_update.c
• ice_send_package_data(9)
• ice_send_component_table(9)
• ice_write_one_nvm_block(9)
• ice_write_nvm_module(9)
• ice_erase_nvm_module(9)
• ice_switch_flash_banks(9)
• ice_flash_component(9)
• ice_finalize_update(9)
• ice_op_pci_match_record(9)
• ice_get_pending_updates(9)
• ice_cancel_pending_update(9)
• ice_devlink_flash_update(9)

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That's the whole page, bestie. ice_check_co...ent_response(9) comes to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice — source/version vibes — dated October 2026. Bye! 🫶💖✨