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✨ qed_dbg_protection_override_dump ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the manual page for qed_dbg_protection_override_dump — it's a kernel API function, and honestly? it's giving "I read the protection override window so you don't have to" energy. no cap. 💅

it lives in the qed driver (that's the qlogic ethernet fam, iykyk) and it's literally the function you call when you want to dump those override entries into a buffer. periodt. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

enum dbg_status qed_dbg_protection_override_dump (struct qed_hwfn
*p_hwfn , struct qed_ptt *p_ptt , u32 *dump_buf , u32 buf_size_in_dwords
, u32 *num_dumped_dwords );

like, that's the whole vibe. five args, one return. slay. 🦋

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

okay so here's the tea on every single parameter — no skipping, bestie, we're doing all of them:

• p_hwfn — HW device data. this is your hardware function handle, the main character of the whole operation tbh. 👑
• p_ptt — Ptt window used for writing the registers. it's the window that lets the driver poke at registers, fr fr. 🫶
• dump_buf — Pointer to write the protection override data into. you give it a buffer, it fills it with the goods. 💖
• buf_size_in_dwords — Size of the specified buffer in dwords. lowkey important — if this is too small, things go sideways (more on that in RETURN). 😭
• num_dumped_dwords — (OUT) number of dumped dwords. this is the output param, it tells you how many dwords actually got written. iconic. ✨

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

okay so the return value is enum dbg_status and it comes back with an error if any of these three things happen — and yes, you need to know all three:

• the version wasn't set. 💀
• the specified buffer is too small. (told you buf_size_in_dwords mattered!) 🙈
• DMAE transaction failed. 🧚

otherwise? it returns ok. that's it. that's the whole mood. 🌈

bestie, please actually check the return value — a too-small buffer or an unset version will absolutely ruin your day, and DMAE failures are not it. 💅

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

okay this section is long but we're not skipping a single reference, because every one of these is part of the fam. first up, the kernel file:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dbg_hsi.h

and now the full squad of related manpages — all of them, exactly as listed, no cap:

qed_dbg_set_bin_ptr(9), qed_read_regs(9), qed_read_fw_info(9),
qed_dbg_grc_config(9), qed_dbg_grc_set_params_default(9),
qed_dbg_grc_get_dump_buf_size(9), qed_dbg_grc_dump(9),
qed_dbg_idle_chk_get_dump_buf_size(9), qed_dbg_idle_chk_dump(9),
qed_dbg_mcp_trace_get_dump_buf_size(9), qed_dbg_mcp_trace_dump(9),
qed_dbg_reg_fifo_get_dump_buf_size(9), qed_dbg_reg_fifo_dump(9),
qed_dbg_igu_fifo_get_dump_buf_size(9), qed_dbg_igu_fifo_dump(9),
qed_dbg_protection_override_get_dump_buf_size(9),
qed_dbg_fw_asserts_get_dump_buf_size(9), qed_dbg_fw_asserts_dump(9),
qed_dbg_read_attn(9), qed_dbg_print_attn(9),
qed_dbg_user_set_bin_ptr(9), qed_dbg_alloc_user_data(9),
qed_dbg_get_status_str(9), qed_get_idle_chk_results_buf_size(9),
qed_print_idle_chk_results(9), qed_dbg_mcp_trace_set_meta_data(9),
qed_get_mcp_trace_results_buf_size(9), qed_print_mcp_trace_results(9),
qed_mcp_trace_free_meta_data(9), qed_get_reg_fifo_results_buf_size(9),
qed_print_reg_fifo_results(9), qed_get_igu_fifo_results_buf_size(9),
qed_print_igu_fifo_results(9),
qed_get_protection_override_results_buf_size(9),
qed_print_protection_override_results(9),
qed_get_fw_asserts_results_buf_size(9), qed_print_fw_asserts_results(9),
qed_dbg_parse_attn(9)

like, that's the whole friend group. if you're debugging qed stuff, these are your people. 🧚💜

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and that's the page, bestie!! this one comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, fresh off the kernel presses, slay. go forth and dump those protection override entries responsibly. 🎀✨💖