ixgbe_acquire_nvm(9)

💖 ixgbe_acquire_nvm(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the ixgbe_acquire_nvm page, straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a lil function that goes and asks for the NVM ownership, like politely knocking on the door before you touch the flash storage 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_acquire_nvm — the generic request for acquiring the NVM ownership 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ixgbe_acquire_nvm (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , enum
libie_aq_res_access_type access );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• hw — pointer to the HW structure 💅 that's your hardware handle, bestie, don't lose it
• access — the NVM access type, and it's either read or write 📖✍️ (enum libie_aq_res_access_type, if you're keeping track)

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

It requests NVM ownership. That's it. That's the whole vibe 🫶 like literally it goes "hey, can I have the NVM please" and that's the function's entire main character energy ⭐

🔥 RETURN 🔥

the exit code of the operation 💀 so like, check it, yeah?

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_e610.c 📁 and honestly the whole friend group shows up here, no cap:

• ixgbe_should_retry_aci_send_cmd_execute(9)
• ixgbe_aci_send_cmd_execute(9)
• ixgbe_aci_send_cmd(9)
• ixgbe_aci_check_event_pending(9)
• ixgbe_aci_get_event(9)
• ixgbe_fill_dflt_direct_cmd_desc(9)
• ixgbe_aci_get_fw_ver(9)
• ixgbe_aci_req_res(9)
• ixgbe_aci_release_res(9)
• ixgbe_acquire_res(9)
• ixgbe_release_res(9)
• ixgbe_parse_e610_caps(9)
• ixgbe_parse_valid_functions_cap(9)
• ixgbe_parse_vf_dev_caps(9)
• ixgbe_parse_vsi_dev_caps(9)
• ixgbe_parse_fdir_dev_caps(9)
• ixgbe_parse_dev_caps(9)
• ixgbe_parse_vf_func_caps(9)
• ixgbe_get_num_per_func(9)
• ixgbe_parse_vsi_func_caps(9)
• ixgbe_parse_func_caps(9)
• ixgbe_aci_list_caps(9)
• ixgbe_discover_dev_caps(9)
• ixgbe_discover_func_caps(9)
• ixgbe_get_caps(9)
• ixgbe_aci_disable_rxen(9)
• ixgbe_aci_get_phy_caps(9)
• ixgbe_copy_phy_caps_to_cfg(9)
• ixgbe_aci_set_phy_cfg(9)
• ixgbe_aci_set_link_restart_an(9)
• ixgbe_is_media_cage_present(9)
• ixgbe_get_media_type_from_phy_type(9)
• ixgbe_update_link_info(9)
• ixgbe_get_link_status(9)
• ixgbe_aci_get_link_info(9)
• ixgbe_aci_set_event_mask(9)
• ixgbe_configure_lse(9)
• ixgbe_start_hw_e610(9)
• ixgbe_aci_set_port_id_led(9)
• ixgbe_get_media_type_e610(9)
• ixgbe_setup_link_e610(9)
• ixgbe_check_link_e610(9)
• ixgbe_get_link_capabilities_e610(9)
• ixgbe_cfg_phy_fc(9)
• ixgbe_setup_fc_e610(9)
• ixgbe_fc_autoneg_e610(9)
• ixgbe_disable_rx_e610(9)
• ixgbe_fw_recovery_mode_e610(9)
• ixgbe_fw_rollback_mode_e610(9)
• ixgbe_init_phy_ops_e610(9)
• ixgbe_identify_phy_e610(9)
• ixgbe_setup_eee_e610(9)
• ixgbe_identify_module_e610(9)
• ixgbe_setup_phy_link_e610(9)
• ixgbe_set_phy_power_e610(9)
• ixgbe_enter_lplu_e610(9)
• ixgbe_init_eeprom_params_e610(9)
• ixgbe_aci_get_netlist_node(9)
• ixgbe_release_nvm(9)
• ixgbe_aci_read_nvm(9)
• ixgbe_aci_erase_nvm(9)
• ixgbe_aci_update_nvm(9)
• ixgbe_nvm_write_activate(9)
• ixgbe_nvm_validate_checksum(9)
• ixgbe_discover_flash_size(9)
• ixgbe_read_sr_base_address(9)
• ixgbe_read_sr_area_size(9)
• ixgbe_determine_active_flash_banks(9)
• ixgbe_get_flash_bank_offset(9)
• ixgbe_read_flash_module(9)
• ixgbe_read_nvm_module(9)
• ixgbe_read_netlist_module(9)
• ixgbe_read_orom_module(9)
• ixgbe_get_nvm_css_hdr_len(9)
• ixgbe_read_nvm_sr_copy(9)
• ixgbe_get_nvm_srev(9)
• ixgbe_get_orom_civd_data(9)
• ixgbe_get_orom_srev(9)
• ixgbe_get_orom_ver_info(9)
• ixgbe_get_inactive_orom_ver(9)
• ixgbe_get_nvm_ver_info(9)
• ixgbe_get_inactive_nvm_ver(9)
• ixgbe_get_active_nvm_ver(9)
• ixgbe_get_netlist_info(9)
• ixgbe_get_inactive_netlist_ver(9)
• ixgbe_get_flash_data(9)
• ixgbe_aci_nvm_update_empr(9)
• ixgbe_read_sr_word_aci(9)
• ixgbe_read_flat_nvm(9)
• ixgbe_read_sr_buf_aci(9)
• ixgbe_read_ee_aci_e610(9)
• ixgbe_read_ee_aci_buffer_e610(9)
• ixgbe_validate_eeprom_checksum_e610(9)
• ixgbe_reset_hw_e610(9)
• ixgbe_get_pfa_module_tlv(9)
• ixgbe_read_pba_string_e610(9)

and that's the whole page, bestie 🎀💅 this cutie came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, page ixgbe_acquire_nvm(9) — go forth and acquire that NVM, you've got this 🦋💖