bnx2fc_if_create(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 bnx2fc_if_create(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, buckle up 🎀 this one's from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally called bnx2fc_if_create — which, iykyk, is the "spin up an FCoE instance on a given interface" girlie. she's a function, she's a whole vibe, let's get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

bnx2fc_if_create — create an FCoE instance on a given interface 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct fc_lport * bnx2fc_if_create (struct bnx2fc_interface *interface ,
struct device *parent , int npiv );

no cap, that's the whole signature — three args, one struct fc_lport * coming back at you 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • interface — the FCoE interface you're creating a local port on. this is the main character here 👑
  • parent — a device pointer that gets to be the parent in sysfs for the SCSI host. yes, it's giving family dynamics 🫶
  • npiv — tells you if the port is a vport or not. simple as that, fr fr 🌈

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what does she actually do? she creates a fc_lport instance and a Scsi_Host instance, and then she configures them both. two-for-one, we love a multitasker 💅✨

⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns the allocated fc_lport — or an error pointer, if things went sideways 😭 (check it, bestie, don't just assume it slayed 🙈)

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay this is the part where the whole friend group shows up 🌸 — first off, the kernel file itself lives at ./drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_fcoe.c, and then there's the entire squad:

like, the whole bnx2fc extended universe, periodt 💀🔥

heads up bestie: every single one of those references is listed exactly as-is — don't be out here renaming them, they're load-bearing 💖

and that's the page!! 🌈 sourced from ./drivers/scsi/bnx2fc (that's the source/version bit), dated October 2026 — so go forth, create your FCoE instances, and slay 💅👑 mwah 🫶

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