ixgbe_get_orom_civd_data(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_get_orom_civd_data(9) 💖

okay bestie, buckle up — this one lives in the Kernel API Manual, so you know it's legit. the function is ixgbe_get_orom_civd_data, and it's basically the girl who goes digging through the Option ROM to find the combo version info. she's thorough. she's got a checksum thing. we love her. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_get_orom_civd_data — get the combo version information from Option ROM 🌸

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ixgbe_get_orom_civd_data (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , enum
ixgbe_bank_select bank , struct ixgbe_orom_civd_info *civd );

literally three args and a dream, no cap.

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct. like, the whole hardware situation, handed to you on a platter. 🫶
  • bank — whether to read from the active or inactive flash module. yes, you get to choose your fighter. ⭐
  • civd — storage for the Option ROM CIVD data. this is where the good stuff goes on success, so make sure it's ready to receive. 💌

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what does she actually do. she searches through the Option ROM flash contents — like, physically rummages around in there — to locate the CIVD data for the image. that's the whole mission. 🔍✨

On success civd stores collected data. periodt. 💖

👑 RETURN 👑

she returns an int, and every value has a personality, so let's meet the cast:

  • -ENOMEM — when cannot allocate memory. she tried, the memory said no. 😭
  • -EDOM — for checksum violation. the math did not math. 💀
  • -ENODATA — when cannot find proper data. nothing here babe, the vibes were off. 🙈
  • -EIO — for faulty read. the read was giving nothing but problems. 🔥
  • 0 — on success. we slayed. 🎉👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

she does not exist in a vacuum, bestie — she's part of a whole ecosystem. Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_e610.c, and honestly? the whole friend group:

and that's the whole page, bestie 🧚💜 this one came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (that path is literally truncated in the source, don't come for me 🙈), stamped October 2026, from the Kernel API Manual — go read the actual source file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_e610.c if you want the real tea. mwah! 💋🎀

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