pldm_send_component_tables(9)

💅 pldm_send_component_tables — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this one's a little kernel function from ./lib/pldmfw that literally just delivers your component table info straight to the firmware. no cap. it's giving courier energy. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

pldm_send_component_tables — Send component table information to firmware

like, that's the whole job. she sends. the firmware receives. iconic behavior. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int pldm_send_component_tables (struct pldmfw_priv *data );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• data — pointer to private data. that's it, that's the arg. she takes your private-data pointer and she runs with it 🫶

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so what actually happens? it loops over each component, and it sends the applicable components to the firmware via the send_component_table operation.

that's the vibe. loop, send, loop, send. main character energy for every single component in the list, fr fr. 🔥

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💖 RETURN 💖

• zero on success 🎉
• a negative error code on failure 😭

so like, check the return value, bestie. don't just assume. 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./lib/pldmfw/pldmfw.c — and honestly the whole friend group showed up for this one:

• pldm_check_fw_space(9)
• pldm_move_fw_offset(9)
• pldm_parse_header(9)
• pldm_check_desc_tlv_len(9)
• pldm_parse_desc_tlvs(9)
• pldm_parse_one_record(9)
• pldm_parse_records(9)
• pldm_parse_components(9)
• pldm_verify_header_crc(9)
• pldmfw_free_priv(9)
• pldm_parse_image(9)
• pldmfw_op_pci_match_record(9)
• pldm_find_matching_record(9)
• pldm_send_package_data(9)
• pldm_flash_components(9)
• pldm_finalize_update(9)
• pldmfw_flash_image(9)

ngl, that's a whole squad. go read them too, iykyk 💀

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okay that's the page!! tysm for reading, mwah 💜

this one lives in ./lib/pldmfw and the version says October 2026 — so like, future-coded but make it kernel. slay. 💅✨