ixgbe_read_sr_buf_aci(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🦋 ixgbe_read_sr_buf_aci — Kernel API Manual, section 9

okay bestie, buckle up 💖 this is the manual page for ixgbe_read_sr_buf_aci, straight out of the Kernel API Manual, section 9. she's a little niche, she's a little iconic, and she does exactly one thing but she does it well. 👑

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_read_sr_buf_aci — Read Shadow RAM buffer via ACI 🌸

🫶 SYNOPSIS 🫶

int ixgbe_read_sr_buf_aci (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u16 offset , u16 *words
, u16 *data );

no cap, that's the whole signature — four params, one int back. 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. your main character struct, honestly 🫶
  • offset — offset of the Shadow RAM words to read. valid range is 0x000000 - 0x001FFF, so stay inside the lines bestie 🚧
  • words — this one's doing double duty and it's giving main character energy: (in) number of words to read; (out) number of words actually read. yes, both. she contains multitudes ✨
  • data — words read from the Shadow RAM. the payload, the moment, the reason we're all here 💖

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

Read 16 bit words (data buf) from the Shadow RAM. 📖

She also handles the NVM ownership dance — acquire, then release. 💃 like checking out a library book but the book is firmware, iykyk.

🔥 RETURN 🔥

the operation exit code. that's it, that's the return. keep an eye on it 👀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_e610.c — that's where she lives, go say hi 🏠

and now the friendship circle, in order, no skips, fr fr:

that's the whole group chat, bestie. ninety-something functions and they all live in the same neighborhood 🏡💜

🌈 sign-off 🌈

source path got clipped to ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... in the footer (rude 😭), and the date on this baddie is October 2026 — yes, from the future, she's ahead of her time ⏰✨. periodt. 💅🎀

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