IBV_GET_DEVICE_INDEX(3)

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version 62.0 · 8 versions
, in alpine 3.24, centos-stream 10, centos-stream 9, ubuntu jammy

💅 IBV_GET_DEVICE_INDEX(3) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Libibverbs Programmer's Manual — yes you're literally reading section 3, we love that for you 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ibv_get_device_index — get an RDMA device index, no cap 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <infiniband/verbs.h>

int ibv_get_device_index(struct ibv_device *device);

like, that's the whole vibe check right there 👑

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so ibv_get_device_index() returns the stable IB device index as it is assigned by the kernel. that's it. that's the function. icon behavior fr fr ✨

🔥 RETURN VALUE 🔥

ibv_get_device_index() returns an index 💖 … or -1 if the kernel doesn't support device indexes 😭 which, rude, but okay, that's the deal. not me getting a -1 and spiraling 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read those too bestie, they're giving main character energy ⭐🌈

🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

Leon Romanovsky <leonro@mellanox.com>

and that's the page!! written by the one and only libibverbs, dated 2020-04-22, and yeah we're still out here on IBV_GET_DEVICE_INDEX(3) — periodt 💅💖

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