bnx2fc_indicate_netevent(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 bnx2fc_indicate_netevent(9) — the Kernel API Manual entry you didn't know you needed

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ and tbh this page is about one very specific lil function: bnx2fc_indicate_netevent. it's in section 9 (kernel API, iykyk) and honestly? it's giving "quietly holding the whole netdev situation together." 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

bnx2fc_indicate_netevent — the generic netdev event handler, no cap 🌈

the way this function's whole job is just being the one who picks up the phone when the network device has news. iconic behavior honestly 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void bnx2fc_indicate_netevent (void *context , unsigned long event , u16
vlan_id );

yes she takes three args and returns void — she does the work and doesn't need a receipt, periodt 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • context — adapter structure pointer 💖 like, the whole adapter's vibe in one pointer, you know?
  • event — event type 🌟 this is the actual "what happened" of it all
  • vlan_id — vlan id, specifically the vlan id associated with this event 🎀 so like, which vlan are we talking about here

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this handler deals with:

  • NETDEV_UP ✅
  • NETDEV_DOWN ✅
  • NETDEV_GOING_DOWN ✅
  • NETDEV_CHANGE ✅
  • NETDEV_CHANGE_MTU ✅

…and it handles NETDEV_UNREGISTER only for vlans 👀 like, only for the vlan girlies, nobody else. that's the whole rule, no exceptions, fr fr.

ngl that vlan-only caveat on NETDEV_UNREGISTER is the detail everyone skips and then is shocked pikachu 😭 so like, don't do that.

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the kernel file to go read is ./drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_fcoe.c and here's the full squad of related functions — go say hi to all of them, they're all (9) sections bestie:

✨ and that's the whole page, bestie ✨ this one came from ./drivers/scsi/bnx2fc and it's dated October 2026 — so like, mark your calendar 💜 you're officially caught up on bnx2fc_indicate_netevent(9). slay. 🎀💖

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