ice_get_inac..._netlist_ver(9)

💅 ice_get_inactive_netlist_ver — Kernel API Manual, bestie 🫶

Okay so real talk, this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual (ice_get_inac..._netlist_ver(9), yes the name is truncated, it's giving "we ran out of column space" 😭) and it's lowkey short but it's iconic. Let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

ice_get_inactive_netlist_ver — that's it, that's the name, no little tagline after the dash, the manpage literally said "the rest is self-explanatory" and clocked out 💀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ice_get_inactive_netlist_ver (struct ice_hw *hw , struct
       ice_netlist_info *netlist );

It returns an int, bestie. That's the vibe check result. ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to the HW struct, i.e. the main character of this whole operation 👑
• netlist — pointer to netlist version info structure, where the version tea gets poured 🍓

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what does it do? It reads the netlist version data from the inactive netlist bank — yes, the inactive one, the understudy, the alternate, the one waiting for its moment 🌈

Why though? Because it's used to extract version data of a pending flash update in order to display the version data. So like, there's a flash update queued up and you wanna know what version it's bringing before it actually lands. Very "what's in the box" energy, ngl. 📦✨

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖

And the whole friend group, fr fr:

• ice_aq_read_nvm(9)
• ice_read_flat_nvm(9)
• ice_aq_update_nvm(9)
• ice_aq_erase_nvm(9)
• ice_read_sr_word(9)
• ice_acquire_nvm(9)
• ice_release_nvm(9)
• ice_get_flash_bank_offset(9)
• ice_read_flash_module(9)
• ice_read_nvm_module(9)
• ice_read_nvm_sr_copy(9)
• ice_read_netlist_module(9)
• ice_get_pfa_module_tlv(9)
• ice_read_pba_string(9)
• ice_get_nvm_ver_info(9)
• ice_get_inactive_nvm_ver(9)
• ice_get_orom_civd_data(9)
• ice_get_orom_ver_info(9)
• ice_get_inactive_orom_ver(9)
• ice_get_netlist_info(9)
• ice_discover_flash_size(9)
• ice_read_sr_pointer(9)
• ice_read_sr_area_size(9)
• ice_determine_active_flash_banks(9)
• ice_get_nvm_css_hdr_len(9)
• ice_determine_css_hdr_len(9)
• ice_init_nvm(9)
• ice_nvm_validate_checksum(9)
• ice_nvm_write_activate(9)
• ice_aq_nvm_update_empr(9)

Like, the whole NVM squad showed up. Periodt. 💅🔥

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🌟 Sign-off 🌟

This whole thing lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026, and the page answers to the name ice_get_inac..._netlist_ver(9) — truncated and proud of it 🧚💖 bye bestie, go read your netlist banks!! ⭐