ixgbe_get_nvm_srev(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_get_nvm_srev ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual, section 9 today, and the star of the show is ixgbe_get_nvm_srev 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_get_nvm_srev — Read the security revision from the NVM CSS header 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ixgbe_get_nvm_srev (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , enum ixgbe_bank_select
bank , u32 *srev );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct. literally just a pointer to the hardware struct, that's the whole vibe 🫶
  • bank — whether to read from the active or inactive flash bank. yes bestie, you gotta pick a side 💅
  • srev — storage for security revision. it's where the security revision goes to live ✨

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what does it actually do? it reads the security revision out of the CSS header of the active NVM module bank. that's it, that's the whole function. no cap 💀

⭐ RETURN ⭐

the exit code of the operation. that's the return. periodt 💜

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the main character lives in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_e610.c and honestly the whole friend group is here — say hi to everybody 🫶

ngl that's a lot of cross-references and I listed every single one because I love you 💖 don't skip them, they're all part of the lore 🧚

🌈 that's the page bestie! brought to you from the kernel source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (it's truncated in the footer, not my fault 🙈), dated October 2026, and yes — the manual page itself is ixgbe_get_nvm_srev(9), main character energy from start to finish 👑💅✨

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