ixgbe_determ..._flash_banks(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 NAME 🌸

hey bestie 💖 welcome to the ixgbe_determ..._flash_banks(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, that manual name is folded right in here like a little name tag 🫶

ixgbe_determine_active_flash_banks — discovers the active bank for each module. That's the whole name vibe, periodt ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ixgbe_determine_active_flash_banks (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct. That's the one argument, bestie, and it's giving "pass me the hardware context" 💅

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so this function reads the Shadow RAM control word and figures out which banks are active for the NVM, OROM, and Netlist modules. Not me keeping track of three modules at once, but slay 💅

It also reads and calculates the associated pointer and size. Then those values are cached into the ixgbe_flash_info structure for later use, so the code can calculate the correct offset to read from the active module. iykyk 🔥

🌈 RETURN 🌈

the exit code of the operation. That's it — the return value is the exit code, fr fr 🫡

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

📚 Kernel file

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

🔗 Functions

okay that's the tea, bestie 🫶 source/version ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026, page ixgbe_determ..._flash_banks(9). byeee 💖

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