ixgbe_set_fw..._ver_generic(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_set_fw_drv_ver_generic(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the manual name, we're fancy here ✨ — and today's main character is ixgbe_set_fw_drv_ver_generic, a little function whose whole personality is "hey firmware, lemme introduce myself." 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_set_fw_drv_ver_generic (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u8 maj , u8 min
, u8 build , u8 sub , u16 len , const char *driver_ver );

it's giving "one function, seven params, zero chill" 💅 but like, every single one matters, so let's meet the cast 😭

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure. your hardware bestie, the whole vibe. 🖥️
  • maj — driver version major number. the big one. the it-girl number. 👑
  • min — driver version minor number. the supporting actress. 🎀
  • build — driver version build number. still iconic, still counted. 🔥
  • sub — driver version sub build number. yes bestie, there's a sub build. we don't skip levels here. 🦋
  • len — length of the driver_ver string. know your lengths, always. 📏
  • driver_ver — driver string. the actual name-drop. 💬

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what does this thing do? it sends the driver version number to the firmware through the manageability block. that's it. that's the whole flex. 📨

and like, the return values are a whole mood board:

  • on success, it returns 0 — slay, no notes, everything is fine ✨
  • it returns -EBUSY when it hits an error acquiring the semaphore 😤 (someone else has the semaphore, rude)
  • it returns -EIO when the command fails 💀 (the command said "nope")
no cap, those are the exact error codes — 0, -EBUSY, -EIO — so don't get cute and invent your own, bestie 🙈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the source of all this truth lives in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c 📁 — and honestly the see-also list is a whole friend group, so imma introduce everyone, in order, no skipping, periodt:

like… that's 90+ entries bestie, that's not a see-also, that's a group chat with 90+ unread messages 😭 but they're all here, every single one, fr fr 💅

and that's the whole page!! 🎀 quick cute sign-off: this page comes from the source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 ⭐ — love that for us. go forth and send your driver version to firmware, you've got this, mwah 🫶💖

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