ice_nvm_validate_checksum(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ice_nvm_validate_checksum — the Kernel API Manual page you didn't know you needed

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this little icon is called ice_nvm_validate_checksum(9). she's a function. she checks a checksum. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_nvm_validate_checksum -

(no cap, the manpage literally leaves the description blank after the dash. the NAME section is giving "left on read" 😭 but we move. the actual deets are down in DESCRIPTION, i promise 🫶)

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int ice_nvm_validate_checksum (struct ice_hw *hw );

like, it returns an int (classic), it's called ice_nvm_validate_checksum, and it takes exactly one argument. that's her whole personality. lowkey iconic in a minimal way 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct. yeah that's it. that's the argument. she hands you the hardware struct and expects you to know what to do with it 🫶

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Verify NVM PFA checksum validity. the magic number for this whole situation is 0x0706 👑

so basically — vibe check on the checksum. is the PFA checksum in the NVM valid or not. that's the mission. nothing more, nothing less, periodt.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the source lives in the kernel file here — go read it, i believe in you:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c

and here's the whole friend group, all (9) section girlies, all in on the same .c file energy:

ngl this page is short but she ate. twenty-nine SEE ALSO entries and one whole checksum. main character energy fr fr 💖

and that's the whole page bestie, tysm for reading 🎀 this little number came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice and it's stamped October 2026 — mwah, love that for us, see you in the next (9) page 🌈⭐💜

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