STRUCT IWL_NVM_SECTION(9)

🦋 struct iwl_nvm_section(9) 🦋

okay so bestie, this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and we are talking about struct iwl_nvm_section — say that five times fast, iykyk 😭💅

✨ NAME ✨

struct iwl_nvm_section — describes an NVM section in memory.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct iwl_nvm_section {
    u16 length;
    const u8 *data;
 };

🧩 Members 🧩

• length — length of the section. literally the size vibe 💖
• data — section data. the actual section data itself, periodt ✨

💬 Description 💬

okay so this struct holds an NVM section that was read from the NIC using NVM_ACCESS_CMD, and then saved for later use by the driver. the way that works: not every NVM section gets saved this way — only the needed ones. highkey selective 💅

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.h — enum iwl_nvm_sbands_flags(9), enum iwl_puncturing_status(9), struct iwl_reg_capa(9), enum iwl_nvm_channel_flags(9), iwl_parse_nvm_mcc_info(9), iwl_read_external_nvm(9) 🫶

that is the whole page, bestie — slay ✨ source/version: ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/i..., dated October 2026. mwah 💋🎀