include/uapi/linux/nvram.h

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

include/uapi/linux/nvram.h

Extension

.h

Size

547 bytes

Lines

18

Domain

Core OS

Bucket

Core Kernel Interface

Inferred role

Core OS: implementation source

Status

source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

• Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

Dependency Surface

• linux/ioctl.h

Detected Declarations

• No top-level syscall, struct, function, initcall, or export declaration detected by the generator.

Annotated Snippet

#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_NVRAM_H
#define _UAPI_LINUX_NVRAM_H

#include <linux/ioctl.h>

/* /dev/nvram ioctls */
#define NVRAM_INIT	_IO('p', 0x40) /* initialize NVRAM and set checksum */
#define NVRAM_SETCKS	_IO('p', 0x41) /* recalculate checksum */

/* for all current systems, this is where NVRAM starts */
#define NVRAM_FIRST_BYTE    14
/* all these functions expect an NVRAM offset, not an absolute */
#define NVRAM_OFFSET(x)   ((x)-NVRAM_FIRST_BYTE)


#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_NVRAM_H */

Annotation

• Immediate include surface: `linux/ioctl.h`.
• Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
• Implementation status: source implementation candidate.

Implementation Notes

• This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
• Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
• Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.