ixgbe_aci_erase_nvm(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_aci_erase_nvm — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀

okay so real talk, this one's a kernel API page (the 9 section, iykyk) and it's about yeeting a whole NVM sector into the void. yes. erase. bye. ✨

🦋 NAME

ixgbe_aci_erase_nvm — erase NVM sector 💀

🌸 SYNOPSIS

int ixgbe_aci_erase_nvm (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u16 module_typeid );

like, that's the whole signature, no cap 🙈

🎀 ARGUMENTS

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct 💖 literally just a pointer to the hardware struct, she's the main character of every call
  • module_typeid — module pointer location in words from the NVM beginning ⭐ so it's measured in words, counted from the start of the NVM, okay bestie don't forget the units

✨ DESCRIPTION

Erase the NVM sector using the ACI command (0x0702). 🧚 that's it, that's the vibe — sector goes poof via ACI, command code 0x0702, iconic.

🔥 RETURN

the exit code of the operation. that's your vibe check on how it went 🫶

💜 SEE ALSO

like yeah that's a LOT of friends, she's very well connected 🐝✨

ngl, that SEE ALSO list is giving "who's who of the E610 driver" — click through if you want the full lore 💅

mwah 💋 this page came from the kernel source tree at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 — so like, future-core. slay. 🦋✨

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