bnx2fc_ctlr_alloc(9)

🎀 bnx2fc_ctlr_alloc(9) — Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this page is literally about bnx2fc_ctlr_alloc(9), and it's giving “allocate the thing so you can configure it before you turn it on” energy 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

bnx2fc_ctlr_alloc — allocate a bnx2fc interface from fcoe_sysfs 🦋

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💫 SYNOPSIS 💫

int bnx2fc_ctlr_alloc (struct net_device *netdev );

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• netdev — the net_device that's gonna be used by the allocated FCoE Controller. yes, that's the main character device right there 💖

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So this routine gets called from fcoe_sysfs 🧚 and what it does is start the fcoe_ctlr in a link_down state. That's lowkey the whole point: it gives the user a moment to configure the FCoE Controller from sysfs before enabling the FCoE Controller. setup era, no cap 💅

Creating it with this routine starts the FCoE Controller in Fabric mode 🔥 From there, the user can change to VN2VN or another mode before enabling. iykyk 👑

fr fr: the configure-from-sysfs-before-enabling thing is the vibe this routine is serving. don't skip the setup era 🫶

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• Kernel file: ./drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_fcoe.c
• bnx2fc_xmit(9)
• bnx2fc_rcv(9)
• bnx2fc_percpu_io_thread(9)
• bnx2fc_get_link_state(9)
• bnx2fc_indicate_netevent(9)
• bnx2fc_fip_recv(9)
• bnx2fc_update_src_mac(9)
• bnx2fc_get_src_mac(9)
• bnx2fc_fip_send(9)
• bnx2fc_hba_create(9)
• bnx2fc_if_create(9)
• bnx2fc_destroy(9)
• bnx2fc_bind_adapter_devices(9)
• bnx2fc_ulp_get_stats(9)
• bnx2fc_ulp_start(9)
• bnx2fc_ulp_stop(9)
• bnx2fc_ulp_init(9)
• bnx2fc_ctlr_enabled(9)
• _bnx2fc_create(9)
• bnx2fc_create(9)
• bnx2fc_find_hba_for_cnic(9)
• bnx2fc_ulp_exit(9)
• bnx2fc_fcoe_reset(9)
• bnx2fc_cpu_online(9)
• bnx2fc_mod_init(9)

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okay that's the whole page — source/version ./drivers/scsi/bnx2fc, dated October 2026, for bnx2fc_ctlr_alloc(9). periodt 🫶