+/**
+ * i40e_read_nvm_aq - Read Shadow RAM.
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW structure.
+ * @module_pointer: module pointer location in words from the NVM beginning
+ * @offset: offset in words from module start
+ * @words: number of words to write
+ * @data: buffer with words to write to the Shadow RAM
+ * @last_command: tells the AdminQ that this is the last command
+ *
+ * Writes a 16 bit words buffer to the Shadow RAM using the admin command.
+ **/
+STATIC enum i40e_status_code i40e_read_nvm_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw,
+ u8 module_pointer, u32 offset,
+ u16 words, void *data,
+ bool last_command)
+{
+ enum i40e_status_code ret_code = I40E_ERR_NVM;
+ struct i40e_asq_cmd_details cmd_details;
+
+ DEBUGFUNC("i40e_read_nvm_aq");
+
+ memset(&cmd_details, 0, sizeof(cmd_details));
+ cmd_details.wb_desc = &hw->nvm_wb_desc;
+
+ /* Here we are checking the SR limit only for the flat memory model.
+ * We cannot do it for the module-based model, as we did not acquire
+ * the NVM resource yet (we cannot get the module pointer value).
+ * Firmware will check the module-based model.
+ */
+ if ((offset + words) > hw->nvm.sr_size)
+ i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_NVM,
+ "NVM write error: offset %d beyond Shadow RAM limit %d\n",
+ (offset + words), hw->nvm.sr_size);
+ else if (words > I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS)
+ /* We can write only up to 4KB (one sector), in one AQ write */
+ i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_NVM,
+ "NVM write fail error: tried to write %d words, limit is %d.\n",
+ words, I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS);
+ else if (((offset + (words - 1)) / I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS)
+ != (offset / I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS))
+ /* A single write cannot spread over two sectors */
+ i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_NVM,
+ "NVM write error: cannot spread over two sectors in a single write offset=%d words=%d\n",
+ offset, words);
+ else
+ ret_code = i40e_aq_read_nvm(hw, module_pointer,
+ 2 * offset, /*bytes*/
+ 2 * words, /*bytes*/
+ data, last_command, &cmd_details);
+
+ return ret_code;
+}
+