ice_read_pba_string(9)

💅 ice_read_pba_string(9)

okay so first things first, bestie: this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and the function we're stanning today is ice_read_pba_string. It's giving "I just want the part number, pls" energy, and honestly? Same.

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✨ NAME ✨

ice_read_pba_string — literally just reads the part number string from the NVM. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ice_read_pba_string (struct ice_hw *hw , u8 *pba_num , u32
pba_num_size );

yes she returns an int, yes she takes three args, no we're not scared of her 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to the hardware structure. the main character, the whole entire context, no notes 👑
• pba_num — stores the part number string from the NVM. this is where the good stuff lands 🎀
• pba_num_size — the part number string buffer length. aka please tell her how much room she has to work with, she's not a mind reader 😭

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Reads the part number string from the NVM. that's it. that's the function. it goes to the NVM, it grabs the part number string, it comes back. simple, elegant, iconic. periodt. ✨

ngl, sometimes the simplest little helpers are the ones holding the whole driver together — iykyk 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this list is LONG, so buckle up bestie, we're going shopping 🛍️

• the kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c
• 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_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_get_inactive_netlist_ver(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… she has a whole friend group fr fr 🌈💜

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kisses and good vibes from the ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice directory, dated October 2026, and remember: the manual calls her ice_read_pba_string(9), but you can call her whenever you need that part number 💅✨🎀