ixgbe_flash_pldm_image(9)

💖 NAME 💖

Okay bestie, this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and the name is ixgbe_flash_pldm_image - Write a PLDM-formatted firmware image to the device. That's the whole assignment, no cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_flash_pldm_image (struct devlink *devlink , struct
       devlink_flash_update_params *params , struct netlink_ext_ack *extack );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• devlink — pointer to devlink associated with the device to update. Like, it knows which device we're blessing with new firmware. 🫶
• params — devlink flash update parameters. The whole vibe check for the flash update, basically.
• extack — netlink extended ACK structure. It's giving error-reporting main character energy. 😭

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what this icon actually does: it parses the data for a given firmware file and verifies that it is a valid PLDM formatted image that matches this device. Translation? It's not just gonna flash any random file, bestie — it does the matching first. 🔥

Then it extracts the device record Package Data and Component Tables and sends them to the firmware. After that it extracts and writes the flash data for each of the three main flash components: "fw.mgmt", "fw.undi", and "fw.netlist". All three, no skipping. 💅

Finally it notifies firmware once the data is written to the inactive banks. That's the "we're done here, go live" moment. ✨

🌸 RETURN 🌸

• 0 on success — slay. ✅
• a negative error code on failure — not slay, but at least you know. 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fw_update.c — the source file, iykyk.
• ixgbe_send_package_data(9)
• ixgbe_check_component_response(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)

Okay that's the whole page, bestie. This was pulled from the Kernel API Manual, source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026. Stay hydrated, keep your firmware valid, and remember: ixgbe_flash_pldm_image(9) said what it said. 🎀🦋💜