STRUCT ETHTOOL_MODULE_FW_FLASH(9)

💖 STRUCT ETHTOOL_MODULE_FW_FLASH(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the struct ethtool_module_fw_flash page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the title got squished in the header, that's just how these pages roll, don't @ me. This is the lil struct that handles module firmware flashing, and honestly? It's giving "small but does the most." ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct ethtool_module_fw_flash — module firmware flashing, fr fr. 🫶

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct ethtool_module_fw_flash {
    struct list_head list;
    netdevice_tracker dev_tracker;
    struct work_struct work;
    struct ethtool_cmis_fw_update_params fw_update;
 };

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🎀 MEMBERS 🎀

• list — the list node for module_fw_flash_work_list. it's literally just here so this thing can be chained up with its siblings. iconic behavior. 🔗
• dev_tracker — the refcount tracker for dev. it's keeping tabs so nothing goes poof when it shouldn't. 💅
• work — the flashing firmware work. this is the main character of the whole struct honestly, the actual labor happening in the workqueue. 🔥
• fw_update — the CMIS firmware update specific parameters. all the nitty-gritty deets for the update live in here. 👑

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./net/ethtool/module_fw.h
• struct ethnl_module_fw_flash_ntf_params(9)
• struct ethtool_module_fw_flash_params(9)
• struct ethtool_cmis_fw_update_params(9)

go read those next bestie, iykyk 💜

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ngl there's no exit statuses or env vars here — it's a struct, not a program, so the facts are just the fields above. no cap. 💀

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and that's the whole page!! 🌈 sourced straight from ./net/ethtool, dated October 2026, and signed off with a big slay 💅💖 — k bye, go flash some firmware responsibly bestie 🧚‍♀️⭐