bond_3ad_initialize(9)

✨ bond_3ad_initialize ✨

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual (yes, the kernel has lore too 💅), and today's main character is bond_3ad_initialize — the function that gets a bond's 802.3ad situation all set up. 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

bond_3ad_initialize — literally initializes a bond's 802.3ad parameters and structures. that's it, that's the vibe. ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void bond_3ad_initialize (struct bonding *bond );

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🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

• bond — the bonding struct we're working on 🫶 like, this is the thing getting initialized, bestie.

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea: you can only call this after the mac address of the bond is set. that's the whole rule. no mac address yet = not the moment, no cap. ⭐

fr fr, set the mac first or don't come crying to me 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

all of these live in the kernel file ./drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c, and honestly? the whole friend group is here. iykyk 👑

• __get_bond_by_port(9)
• __get_first_agg(9)
• __agg_has_partner(9)
• __disable_distributing_port(9)
• __enable_collecting_port(9)
• __disable_port(9)
• __enable_port(9)
• __port_move_to_attached_state(9)
• __port_is_collecting_distributing(9)
• __get_agg_selection_mode(9)
• __check_agg_selection_timer(9)
• __get_link_speed(9)
• __get_duplex(9)
• __ad_timer_to_ticks(9)
• __choose_matched(9)
• __record_pdu(9)
• __record_default(9)
• __update_selected(9)
• __update_default_selected(9)
• __update_ntt(9)
• __agg_ports_are_ready(9)
• __set_agg_ports_ready(9)
• __get_agg_bandwidth(9)
• __get_active_agg(9)
• __update_lacpdu_from_port(9)
• ad_lacpdu_send(9)
• ad_marker_send(9)
• ad_mux_machine(9)
• ad_rx_machine(9)
• ad_churn_machine(9)
• ad_tx_machine(9)
• ad_periodic_machine(9)
• ad_port_selection_logic(9)
• ad_agg_selection_logic(9)
• ad_clear_agg(9)
• ad_initialize_agg(9)
• ad_initialize_port(9)
• ad_enable_collecting(9)
• ad_disable_distributing(9)
• ad_enable_collecting_distributing(9)
• ad_disable_collecting_distributing(9)
• ad_marker_info_received(9)
• ad_marker_response_received(9)
• bond_3ad_initiate_agg_selection(9)
• bond_3ad_bind_slave(9)
• bond_3ad_unbind_slave(9)
• bond_3ad_update_ad_actor_settings(9)
• bond_agg_timer_advance(9)
• bond_3ad_state_machine_handler(9)
• bond_3ad_rx_indication(9)
• ad_update_actor_keys(9)
• bond_3ad_adapter_speed_duplex_changed(9)
• bond_3ad_handle_link_change(9)
• bond_3ad_set_carrier(9)
• __bond_3ad_get_active_agg_info(9)
• bond_3ad_update_lacp_rate(9)
• bond_3ad_update_lacp_active(9)

like, that's the entire 802.3ad cinematic universe and you will be reading all of them. periodt. 💅

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🧚 sign-off 🧚

this little masterpiece lives down in ./drivers/net/bonding, dated October 2026, and it's brought to you by the Kernel API Manual. go forth and initialize responsibly, bestie 💖🌸