ice_dwnld_cfg_bufs_no_lock(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is ice_dwnld_cfg_bufs_no_lock(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and the NAME is literally just ice_dwnld_cfg_bufs_no_lock — that's the whole moment. no extra lore, just vibes. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

enum ice_ddp_state ice_dwnld_cfg_bufs_no_lock (struct ice_ddp_send_ctx
*ctx , struct ice_buf *bufs , u32 start , u32 count );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ctx — context of the current buffers section to send. yes, it's context-ing. 💖
• bufs — pointer to an array of buffers. pointer bestie, we love her.
• start — buffer index of the first buffer to download.
• count — the number of buffers to download. like, how many are coming to the party.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what it does: it downloads package configuration buffers to the firmware. 💅

Metadata buffers are skipped, no cap. and the first metadata buffer found? that's the cue — it indicates that the rest of the buffers are all metadata buffers. so once one shows up, that means the whole rest of the lineup is metadata too. periodt. ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The kernel file is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ddp.c, and here's the whole friend group — every single one, no gatekeeping:

• ice_verify_pkg(9), ice_free_seg(9), ice_chk_pkg_version(9), ice_pkg_val_buf(9), ice_find_buf_table(9), ice_pkg_enum_buf(9), ice_pkg_advance_sect(9)
• ice_pkg_enum_section(9), ice_pkg_enum_entry(9), ice_sw_fv_handler(9), ice_get_prof_index_max(9), ice_get_ddp_pkg_state(9), ice_init_pkg_regs(9), ice_marker_ptype_tcam_handler(9)
• ice_add_dvm_hint(9), ice_add_tunnel_hint(9), ice_label_enum_handler(9), ice_enum_labels(9), ice_boost_tcam_handler(9), ice_find_boost_entry(9), ice_is_init_pkg_successful(9)
• ice_pkg_buf_alloc(9), ice_get_sw_prof_type(9), ice_get_sw_fv_bitmap(9), ice_get_sw_fv_list(9), ice_init_prof_result_bm(9), ice_pkg_buf_free(9), ice_pkg_buf_reserve_section(9)
• ice_pkg_buf_alloc_section(9), ice_pkg_buf_alloc_single_section(9), ice_pkg_buf_get_active_sections(9), ice_pkg_buf(9), ice_acquire_global_cfg_lock(9), ice_release_global_cfg_lock(9), ice_aq_download_pkg(9)
• ice_is_buffer_metadata(9), struct ice_ddp_send_ctx(9), ice_ddp_send_hunk(9), ice_get_pkg_seg_by_idx(9), ice_is_signing_seg_at_idx(9), ice_is_signing_seg_type_at_idx(9), ice_download_pkg_sig_seg(9)
• ice_download_pkg_config_seg(9), ice_dwnld_sign_and_cfg_segs(9), ice_match_signing_seg(9), ice_post_dwnld_pkg_actions(9), ice_download_pkg_with_sig_seg(9), ice_dwnld_cfg_bufs(9), ice_download_pkg_without_sig_seg(9)
• ice_download_pkg(9), ice_aq_get_pkg_info_list(9), ice_aq_update_pkg(9), ice_aq_upload_section(9), ice_update_pkg_no_lock(9), ice_update_pkg(9), ice_find_seg_in_pkg(9)
• ice_has_signing_seg(9), ice_get_pkg_segment_id(9), ice_get_pkg_sign_type(9), ice_get_signing_req(9), ice_init_pkg_info(9), ice_get_pkg_info(9), ice_chk_pkg_compat(9)
• ice_init_pkg_hints(9), ice_fill_hw_ptype(9), ice_init_pkg(9), ice_copy_and_init_pkg(9), ice_get_set_tx_topo(9), ice_cfg_tx_topo(9)

source/version vibes: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice · October 2026 · ice_dwnld_cfg_bufs_no_lock(9) — mwah 💋