ixgbe_get_inactive_orom_ver(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_get_inactive_orom_ver — a Kernel API Manual moment 🎀

okay so picture this: you're deep in the Kernel API Manual (that's the manual name, bestie, we're in the kernel docs fr fr) and you stumble on this little icon. Sit down, I got you. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_get_inactive_orom_ver — Read Option ROM version from the inactive bank 🦋

lowkey the whole personality of this function is "read the version out of the other bank". iconic behavior.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_get_inactive_orom_ver (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , struct ixgbe_orom_info *orom );

that's it. that's the vibe check. two pointers, one int coming back atcha 💜

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. your hardware bestie. it goes in first.
  • orom — storage for Option ROM version information. like, this is where the answer gets deposited. bring a valid place to put it, okay? 💅

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Read the Option ROM version and security revision data for the inactive section of flash. 🎀

the way that this is literally for accessing version data for a pending update that hasn't been activated yet — so you're peeking at the version info of an update that's still waiting for its main character moment. no cap, it's giving "checking your outfit before you walk out the door." 🌈

so: inactive bank, version data, security revision data, flash. that's the whole assignment. slay. ✨

⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns the exit code of the operation. that's the whole answer — the exit code. periodt. 💫

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

the friend group. the whole group chat. iykyk 🔥

like… ninety-something friends and they're all showing up. ate. 💅

🧚 sign-off 🧚

and that's the page, bestie 🫶 straight out of the source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (the header truncates it, not me, blame the terminal), dated October 2026, filed under ixgbe_get_inactive_orom_ver(9). go read your inactive banks responsibly. mwah. 😭💖

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