ixgbe_switch_flash_banks(9)

💅 ixgbe_switch_flash_banks(9) 💅

okay bestie, so this one's from the Kernel API Manual and it's genuinely such a mood — it's the lil function that tells the firmware "hey babe, the new flash banks are written, pls make them official" 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_switch_flash_banks — lowkey the function that tells firmware to switch NVM banks. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ixgbe_switch_flash_banks (struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter , u8
activate_flags , bool *emp_reset_available , struct netlink_ext_ack
*extack );

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• adapter — pointer to the PF data structure 👑 (the main character struct, fr)
• activate_flags — the flags used for the activation command ⭐
• emp_reset_available — on return, this tells you if an EMP reset is available. it's an out-param bestie, so it gets filled in by the time we're done 🫶
• extack — the netlink extended ACK structure 📨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically, this function notifies the firmware to activate the newly written flash banks, and then it waits for the firmware response. like, it sends the text and then sits there staring at the typing bubble 💀

that's the entire job. notify + wait. no cap. ✨

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

0 on success, or an error code on failure. slay if it's zero, sad girl hours if it's not 😭

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fw_update.c
• ixgbe_send_package_data(9)
• ixgbe_check_component_response(9)
• ixgbe_send_component_table(9)
• ixgbe_write_one_nvm_block(9)
• ixgbe_write_nvm_module(9)
• ixgbe_erase_nvm_module(9)
• ixgbe_flash_component(9)
• ixgbe_finalize_update(9)
• ixgbe_get_pending_updates(9)
• ixgbe_cancel_pending_update(9)
• ixgbe_flash_pldm_image(9)

like the whole friend group honestly, they all show up together 🫶💜

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ngl the whole thing lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fw_update.c if you ever need to go say hi in person 🙈

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and that's the page bestie!! 🎀 sign-off time: this lil masterpiece comes to you from the Kernel API Manual — source/version vibes are ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes it's literally truncated like that, iconic), and it's dated October 2026. periodt. 💅🔥👑