qla2x00_get_nvram_word(9)

💖 qla2x00_get_nvram_word 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the manual name, we're being official today 💅 — and today's main character is qla2x00_get_nvram_word. like, it's a kernel function, it lives in ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx territory, and it's here to hand you a word straight out of NVRAM. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

qla2x00_get_nvram_word — it literally figures out where in NVRAM your word sits, then calls the request routine to go fetch that word out of NVRAM. that's the whole gig, and it ate 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

uint16_t qla2x00_get_nvram_word (struct qla_hw_data *ha , uint32_t addr );

it gives you back a uint16_t, bestie. one teeny word. iconic behavior tbh ⭐

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ha — the HA context, aka your hardware's whole vibe check in a struct 🎀
• addr — the address in NVRAM you wanna read from. yes, this exact one. pick her carefully 🙈

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

it returns the word that got read from the nvram addr. that's it, that's the tea 💀 — word goes in, word comes out. slay.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_sup.c — that's the neighborhood the whole friend group lives in 🏡
• qla29xx_get_flt_layout(9)
• qla29xx_get_fdt_info(9)
• qla29xx_get_flash_region(9)
• set_segment_bits(9)
• set_chunk_bits(9)
• qla29xx_write_optrom_data(9)
• qla29xx_read_optrom_data(9)
• qla29xx_mpi_optrom_data(9)
• qla2x00_lock_nvram_access(9)
• qla2x00_unlock_nvram_access(9)
• qla2x00_nv_write(9)
• qla2x00_nvram_request(9)
• qla2x00_nv_deselect(9)
• qla2x00_write_nvram_word(9)
• qla2x00_clear_nvram_protection(9)
• qla2x00_flash_enable(9)
• qla2x00_flash_disable(9)
• qla2x00_read_flash_byte(9)
• qla2x00_write_flash_byte(9)
• qla2x00_poll_flash(9)
• qla2x00_program_flash_address(9)
• qla2x00_erase_flash(9)
• qla2x00_erase_flash_sector(9)
• qla2x00_get_flash_manufacturer(9)
• qla2x00_get_fcode_version(9)

all of them. every single one. i don't make the rules, i just read them and then retell them with sparkles 💅✨

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ngl this page is short, but that's fine — sometimes the shortest functions have the most main character energy 👑💖

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that's a wrap, bestie 🎀 this one came from ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx, dated October 2026, and you can find it filed under qla2x00_get_nvram_word(9). go read some NVRAM, periodt 🌸🦋💜