ixgbe_get_in..._netlist_ver(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, meet ixgbe_get_inactive_netlist_ver — she reads the netlist version from the inactive bank 💅 (this is a 9 page from the Kernel API Manual, so yes, kernel-adjacent, yes, we're being serious, and yes, we're still cute about it).

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int ixgbe_get_inactive_netlist_ver (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , struct
ixgbe_netlist_info *netlist );

like, two pointers in, one int out. that's the whole vibe check 🦋

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct. the hardware context, the main character of the operation 👑
  • netlist — pointer to netlist version info structure. this is where the version data gets dropped off, so she can carry it home 🎀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Read the netlist version data from the inactive netlist bank. that's it, that's the assignment ✨

and like, why do we care? because this is what you use to extract version data of a pending flash update in order to display that version data. so when there's an update waiting in the wings, this is how you peek at its version number before it steps on stage 🙈 no cap, that's the whole purpose.

🔥 RETURN 🔥

the exit code of the operation. literally just the exit code — read it, respect it, don't ignore it bestie 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

first off, she lives here in the kernel tree:

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

and now, the extended family — the full neighbor list, every single one, because we do not skip people in this house 🫶

okay that's the whole page, and before you go — the tiny fine-print sign-off: this one comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 🌈 so like, future-era documentation, we love to see it. now go read your netlist version, bestie, and slay 💜🧚

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