bnx2x_setup_tc(9)

💅 bnx2x_setup_tc(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes we're literally in kernel land today and honestly? it's giving iconic. this one's a lil function from the bnx2x driver, and she's a whole vibe. let's get into it ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

bnx2x_setup_tc — the routine that configures a net_device for multi tc (multi traffic class, iykyk) 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int bnx2x_setup_tc (struct net_device *dev , u8 num_tc );

like, that's the whole signature. she's short, she's sweet, she returns an int. periodt 💅

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• dev — the net device you're configuring, bestie. this is the one getting the glow-up 🫶
• num_tc — the number of traffic classes to enable. yep, that's it, that's the number. no cap 🔥

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so basically bnx2x_setup_tc is the callback that's connected to the ndo_setup_tc function pointer. that's the whole description and honestly she ate 💀 — short, punchy, main character energy. that's the entire lore, no extra side quests.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file she lives in, bestie — go read the source, it's literally right there:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c

and her whole friend group (aka the related functions, all of them, not skipping a single one 🫶):

• bnx2x_move_fp(9)
• bnx2x_fill_fw_str(9)
• bnx2x_shrink_eth_fp(9)
• bnx2x_set_gro_params(9)
• bnx2x_fill_report_data(9)
• bnx2x_link_report(9)
• __bnx2x_link_report(9)
• bnx2x_free_msix_irqs(9)
• bnx2x_set_real_num_queues(9)
• bnx2x_bz_fp(9)
• bnx2x_set_pbd_gso(9)
• bnx2x_set_pbd_csum_enc(9)
• bnx2x_set_pbd_csum_e2(9)
• bnx2x_set_pbd_csum(9)

💡 friendly reminder: that's the whole list, every single one, don't come for me if you were hoping for fewer ✨

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mwah 💖 that's the page! this lil beauty comes from the kernel source at ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco... (yeah the path got cut off in the footer, tragic, but that's what we've got 🙈) and she's dated October 2026. version? it's the Kernel API Manual, obviously. go forth and configure your net devices, bestie — slay 🎀🦋💅