ixgbe_aci_get_fw_ver(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_aci_get_fw_ver(9)

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and today's main character is ixgbe_aci_get_fw_ver — literally the function that asks the firmware "bestie, what version are you?" 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_aci_get_fw_ver — get the firmware version 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_aci_get_fw_ver (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

bestie it takes exactly one (1) argument and returns an int. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct. that's your hardware struct, your whole personality for the duration of this call, pls have it ready 💖

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Get the firmware version using ACI command (0x0001). 🩷

like, that's genuinely the whole thing. it goes and asks, the firmware answers back with its version, and the function tells you how it went. not me being obsessed with a one-line description but here we are ✨

the ACI command here is 0x0001 — copy it exactly, no cap, don't be out here guessing the opcode 🙈

💀 RETURN 💀

the exit code of the operation. fr fr, whatever that code says is the truth — it's giving "the receipt" 🧾✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is the part where the page goes absolutely feral, because there are SO many siblings and we're listing every single one, no skipping, periodt 🌈

first, the actual kernel file this lives in:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_e610.c

and now the extended family, in the exact order they appear, because i am nothing if not thorough 💜

like… that's the whole friend group 😭 every one of them is a (9) section page, go read them, they're iconic 👑

and that's the page!! 🫶 before i go — quick lil sign-off: this came out of the kernel source at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes it's truncated in the footer, that's just how it renders, don't come for me 💀), dated October 2026, and the page is ixgbe_aci_get_fw_ver(9). slay, go get that firmware version bestie 🍓💖

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