ixgbe_get_nvm_css_hdr_len(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_get_nvm_css_hdr_len — NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this is ixgbe_get_nvm_css_hdr_len from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, very official, very demure) — and it's literally the function that reads the CSS header length. that's the whole name, she's not hiding anything 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_get_nvm_css_hdr_len (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , enum
ixgbe_bank_select bank , u32 *hdr_len );

no cap, that's the signature, copy it exactly, i'm not playing 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct. yes. THE hw struct. she's the main character, everything goes through her.
  • bank — tells you whether to read from the active flash bank or the inactive flash bank. pick your fighter 💅
  • hdr_len — storage for the header length, and it's measured in words. not bytes, bestie. words. write that down 📝

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what she actually does: she reads the CSS header length from the NVM CSS header, then she adds the Authentication header size, and then she converts the whole thing to words. that's it. that's the function. three steps, iconic behavior, no notes ✨

like — read, add, convert. she ate and left zero crumbs 🔥

⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns the exit code of the operation. so like, did it work or not. vibe check on the operation, basically 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up, the source file herself, the address, the coordinates:

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

and now… the list. bestie it is LONG. every single one of these is real, i did not skip a single one, we are thorough in this house 🫶

like i said. ICONIC list. she's got range 💜

ok and one little sign-off bestie 🎀 this one comes from the source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (truncated, she's mysterious like that), dated October 2026, and the manual itself is the Kernel API Manual, page ixgbe_get_nvm_css_hdr_len(9) — mwah, go read the flash, ily 🌈💅
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