pldm_send_package_data(9)

💖 pldm_send_package_data(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for pldm_send_package_data(9) — yes that's the whole vibe, it's a section-9 kernel function and we're gonna get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

pldm_send_package_data — sends the firmware the package data for the record. that's it, that's the whole thing, and honestly? iconic. 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int pldm_send_package_data (struct pldmfw_priv *data );

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• data — a pointer to private data 💅 like, the private-data pointer, nothing sneaky, just your good friend data

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea: this function sends the package data that's associated with the matching record over to the firmware, and it does it using the send_pkg_data operation. that's the move. slay. 🔥

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

• returns zero on success 🫶
• or a negative error code on failure 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file ./lib/pldmfw/pldmfw.c, plus the whole friend group:

• 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_component_tables(9)
• pldm_flash_components(9)
• pldm_finalize_update(9)
• pldmfw_flash_image(9)

like, the whole squad fr fr 🧚

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no cap, that's every single one — go read them all, iykyk 💀

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mwah 💋 this page lives in ./lib/pldmfw and it's dated October 2026 — go off, bestie, you're a section 9 main character now 👑✨