ixgbe_nvm_validate_checksum(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_nvm_validate_checksum 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for ixgbe_nvm_validate_checksum — yes bestie, the manual name is literally Kernel API Manual, and this is the full glow-up version. no skips, no missing deets, periodt. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_nvm_validate_checksum — validate checksum. that's the whole vibe: it validates a checksum. iconic behavior honestly. 🎀

🩷 SYNOPSIS 🩷

int ixgbe_nvm_validate_checksum (struct ixgbe_hw *hw );

C like this, exactly, character for character. don't come for me about the spacing, it's canon. 😌

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct. that's it, that's the argument, main character energy fr fr. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this function verifies NVM PFA checksum validity using the ACI command (0x0706). lowkey important stuff. ✨

if the checksum verification failed, IXGBE_ERR_NVM_CHECKSUM is returned. yes, that exact error name — no paraphrasing, no cute nickname, that's the whole error vibe. 🚨

the function acquires and then releases the NVM ownership. full cycle, no skipping, no ghosting. 💖

🌈 RETURN 🌈

returns the exit code of the operation. that's the return story, and it's giving concise. 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up, the kernel file bestie:

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

and now the entire function squad, in order, every single one — no gatekeeping, no missing names:

and finally, the cute little footer sign-off: source/version is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., date is October 2026, and the footer name is ixgbe_nvm_validate_checksum(9). that's the whole page, bestie — you ate. 💋🎀✨

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