ixgbe_get_inactive_nvm_ver(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_get_inactive_nvm_ver — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so picture this: you're deep in the ixgbe driver, you've got a firmware update just sitting there waiting to be activated, and you need to peek at its version info before it goes live. That's literally this function. Welcome to ixgbe_get_inactive_nvm_ver(9). 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

like, yes, it returns an int, and yes, both args are pointers. classic. 🦋

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. this is your hardware bestie, the whole vibe of the chip lives in here.
  • nvm — storage for Option ROM version information. it's where the good stuff gets written, so hand it over with room to spare. 💖

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

So what does it actually do? It reads the NVM EETRACK ID, the Map version, and the security revision — but specifically of the inactive NVM bank. Not the one running right now. The other one. 👑

It's giving "backstage pass" energy: you use this to access version data for a pending update that has not yet been activated. Basically you're checking the résumé of the firmware that's waiting in the wings before you let it on stage. no cap. ✨

🔥 RETURN 🔥

the exit code of the operation. iconic. if it's happy you get a happy number, and if it's not... well, that's the exit code telling you so. 😭

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_e610.c — that's the main character file right there. 💅

and now, the guest list. literally the whole friend group. every single one of them:

ngl the SEE ALSO section is lowkey a whole party and you're invited to every single one of these. bring snacks. 🍓

okay that's the whole page, go read your inactive bank versions like the main character you are. 🌈✨

this little number lives in the Kernel API Manual, source path kinda truncated as ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026, and it signs off as ixgbe_get_inactive_nvm_ver(9) — iykyk. 💜🎀

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