ixgbe_get_active_nvm_ver(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_get_active_nvm_ver — from the Kernel API Manual (yes, that one, hi bestie 🫶)

okay so like, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's all about ixgbe_get_active_nvm_ver(9), which honestly is giving "tiny function, very specific job, absolutely iconic" energy ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_get_active_nvm_ver — literally just reads the Option ROM version from the active bank 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int ixgbe_get_active_nvm_ver (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , struct
       ixgbe_nvm_info *nvm );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure 👑 like, this is the hardware bestie, she's holding all the state
  • nvm — storage for Option ROM version information 🎀 you hand her a lil box and she fills it in, no cap

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so the way that this works is — she reads the NVM EETRACK ID, the Map version, and the security revision of the active NVM bank 💅 that's it, that's the whole vibe. three things, read, done. lowkey obsessed with how clean that is 🧚

heads up bestie: it's the active bank specifically — the one currently doing the job, not the backup 💜

🔥 RETURN 🔥

returns the exit code of the operation ⭐ so like, check it, it's telling you how it went, periodt.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is a whole meal, buckle up 🍓 — here's everyone she's linked with, fr fr:

and that's the whole page bestie 💖 go read your Option ROM version, you absolute main character 👑

this cutie dropped from source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... back in October 2026, and the page itself is still ixgbe_get_active_nvm_ver(9) through and through 🌸 ok bye ily 🫶

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