ixgbe_send_component_table(9)

💖 ixgbe_send_component_table(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's about ixgbe_send_component_table, and yes she's a whole function with three arguments and a firmware rendezvous. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_send_component_table — send the PLDM component table to firmware. that's the whole vibe. she delivers the table. 😌

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ixgbe_send_component_table (struct pldmfw *context , struct
       pldmfw_component *component , u8 transfer_flag );

like, exactly that. character for character. don't come for me 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• context — the PLDM fw update structure. she's the whole situation, the container, the main character holding everything together 👑
• component — the component to process. this is the one getting handled, respectfully 🫶
• transfer_flag — the relative transfer order of this component. lowkey tells you where this component sits in the queue 🎯

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so what she actually does: she reads the relevant data from the component and forwards it straight to the device firmware. then she checks the response to figure out whether the firmware is saying "yeah, the update can proceed" — that's the vibe check fr fr 🔥

this function sends ACI commands related to the NVM, and — important — she assumes that the NVM resource has already been acquired. so like, make sure that's done first, bestie, no cap. 🙈

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💜 RETURN 💜

• 0 on success — slay 💅
• a negative error code on failure — not slay, but she tells you 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fw_update.c — go read the source, iykyk
• ixgbe_send_package_data(9)
• ixgbe_check_component_response(9)
• ixgbe_write_one_nvm_block(9)
• ixgbe_write_nvm_module(9)
• ixgbe_erase_nvm_module(9)
• ixgbe_switch_flash_banks(9)
• ixgbe_flash_component(9)
• ixgbe_finalize_update(9)
• ixgbe_get_pending_updates(9)
• ixgbe_cancel_pending_update(9)
• ixgbe_flash_pldm_image(9)

the whole friend group honestly, obsessed 💖

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and that's the page!! sign-off time: this cutie comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and she's dated October 2026, titled ixgbe_send_component_table(9). periodt 🎀✨