ixgbe_check_...ent_response(9)

💅 ixgbe_check_component_response(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual glow-up ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for ixgbe_check_component_response(9) — yes the title's literally truncated in the header like that, no cap, that's just how it ships 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_check_component_response — the girl whose whole job is reporting back what the firmware said about a component 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_check_component_response (struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter , u8
response , u8 code , struct netlink_ext_ack *extack );

like, she takes four things and gives you back an int, periodt ✨

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• adapter — the device private data structure, aka the main character's personal info 💅
• response — tells you whether this component can be updated (the vibe check, basically) 👀
• code — the code that indicates the reason for that response, iykyk 🔥
• extack — the netlink extended ACK structure, the little messenger bag she drops errors into 🫶

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what she does is: check whether the firmware is indicating that this component can be updated. that's it, that's the whole assignment 💖

and if the component cannot be updated? she reports a suitable error message over the netlink extended ACK. she's not gonna let you sit there wondering, ngl 😭✨

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 — slay! the component can be updated 🎉
• -ECANCELED — nope, the firmware indicates the component cannot be updated 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• the Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fw_update.c 📁
• ixgbe_send_package_data(9)
• ixgbe_send_component_table(9)
• ixgbe_write_one_nvm_block(9)
• ixgbe_write_nvm_module(9)
• ixgbe_erase_nvm_module(9)
• ixgbe_switch_flash_banks(9)
• ixgbe_flash_component(9)
• ixgbe_finalize_update(9)
• ixgbe_get_pending_updates(9)
• ixgbe_cancel_pending_update(9)
• ixgbe_flash_pldm_image(9)

the whole friend group fr fr 🫶✨

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okay that's the page!! it's from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes, that's the source, it's cut off just like that, don't come for me 🙈) and it's dated October 2026. mwah, bye bestie 💋💖🎀