nfp_net_fw_find(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 NAME 🌸

nfp_net_fw_find β€” bestie, this is the one that goes and finds the correct firmware image for netdev mode πŸ‘‘βœ¨


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

const struct firmware * nfp_net_fw_find (struct pci_dev *pdev , struct nfp_pf *pf );

yeah she takes two args and hands you back a firmware pointer, no cap πŸ’…


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • pdev β€” the PCI Device structure 🫢 like, the actual PCI device, that one
  • pf β€” the NFP PF Device structure πŸ¦‹ the PF device, the big one

πŸ’– RETURN πŸ’–

returns the firmware if it was found and requested successfully β€” that's it, that's the whole vibe check ⭐

heads up bestie: "if found and requested successfully" is doing a LOT of heavy lifting in that sentence, so don't come for me if you get nothing back 😭

πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_main.c 🧚
  • nfp_fw_load(9) πŸ’œ

okay that's the whole page, you ate that fr fr πŸ’…βœ¨

this beauty came straight out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/netrono..., dated October 2026, and it lives under the name nfp_net_fw_find(9) πŸŽ€ go forth and find that firmware, icon πŸ«ΆπŸ’–

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from