ixgbe_aci_update_nvm(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_aci_update_nvm — like, the Kernel API Manual page you didn't know you needed 💖

Ok so bestie, welcome to the glow-up of ixgbe_aci_update_nvm(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual. This is the function that literally writes your NVM for you via ACI, and we're gonna go through it together, no cap 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_aci_update_nvm — update NVM. That's it, that's the whole vibe 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int ixgbe_aci_update_nvm (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u16 module_typeid , u32
offset , u16 length , void *data , bool last_command , u8 command_flags
);

Look at her. Seven args. Main character energy fr 😭

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct. She's the hardware, she's the moment.
  • module_typeid — module pointer location in words from the NVM beginning. Words, bestie, not bytes. Don't get it twisted 💀
  • offset — byte offset from the module beginning. (This one is bytes. I know. I know.)
  • length — length of the section to be written, in bytes, counted from the offset. Slay, precise queen ✨
  • data — the command buffer. Its size in bytes equals length, so keep them matched or it's giving chaos 🙈
  • last_command — tells if this is the last command in a series. The finale, the last episode, the periodt 💅
  • command_flags — command parameters. Little flaggies. Cute.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So what does she do? She updates the NVM using the ACI command, and that command is 0x0703. That's the whole description and honestly? Iconic. Short, sweet, gets to the point 👑

🌈 RETURN 🌈

She returns the exit code of the operation. That's your vibe check on whether it worked 🫶

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

Buckle up babe, this list is long and every single one of them is a baddie:

Lowkey a whole friend group, and they all live in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... — you'll find her there 💜

Ok that's the page bestie, ily, go update some NVM responsibly 🧚‍♀️💖

— xoxo, your girl, signing off with the source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and the date October 2026, same as ixgbe_aci_update_nvm(9) ✨🎀💅

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