ice_get_inactive_nvm_ver(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ice_get_inactive_nvm_ver(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual but make it make sense 🎀

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about ice_get_inactive_nvm_ver</p> — a lil function from the Kernel API Manual that reads the Option ROM version out of the inactive bank ✨ (yes, the one that's just sitting there waiting for its main character moment, we'll get to that).

🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_get_inactive_nvm_ver — reads the Option ROM version from the inactive bank, no cap 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ice_get_inactive_nvm_ver (struct ice_hw *hw , struct ice_nvm_info *nvm );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure, the whole vibe provider 🫶
  • nvm — storage for Option ROM version information, aka where the answers get parked 🎀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So what does it actually do? It reads the NVM EETRACK ID, the Map version, and the security revision of the inactive NVM bank. That's it, that's the whole thing 🌈

Why would you even want that? Because it's how you access version data for a pending update that has not yet been activated — like peeking at the outfit your flash is about to change into before it actually walks out the door 👑 iconic behavior honestly.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

The kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c — go say hi to it, it's literally right there 🧚

And because besties travel in packs, here's the whole friend group:

ngl, that's a lot of siblings, but every single one of them is doing their little job and we respect it 🍓

🎀 the sign-off 🎀

this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026, and it's filed under ice_get_inactive_nvm_ver(9). slay, go read your flash banks responsibly 💜🦋✨

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