ixgbe_send_package_data(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_send_package_data 💖

okay bestie, so this is the ixgbe_send_package_data(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's giving "small function, big responsibilities." let's get into it ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_send_package_data (struct pldmfw *context , const u8 *data ,
u16 length );

like yes, three args, one int return, no cap. 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • context — the PLDM fw update structure. it's the whole vibe-check context object for the firmware update, that's literally its job 💅
  • data — pointer to the package data. just a pointer, mind you, nobody's copying anything for free
  • length — length of the package data. gotta tell it how much, bestie, it's not a mind reader 😭

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what this icon actually does is send a copy of the package data associated with the PLDM record matching this device over to the firmware. like it's literally matching the record to your device and shipping the package data along. slay 🌈

⚠️ but listen — this function sends an AdminQ command that will fail unless the NVM resource has been acquired. not "might fail." will fail. so acquire that NVM resource first or you're just out here doing nothing, fr fr 💀

⭐ RETURN ⭐

zero on success, or a negative error code on failure. that's it, that's the whole range. 0 = we ate, negative = we did not eat 🙈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file lives here:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fw_update.c

and the rest of the squad, all linked up 🧚:

and that's the page!! sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (the path got a little truncated, we don't gatekeep, we just cope 😭), October 2026, tagged under ixgbe_send_package_data(9) — mwah, go flash something responsibly 💜✨

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