dev_get_phys_port_id(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 dev_get_phys_port_id(9) — like, the kernel API manual, but make it make sense 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the dev_get_phys_port_id page from the Kernel API Manual. yes we're in the kernel, yes it's giving big-brain energy, and yes i'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am. stay with me 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

dev_get_phys_port_id — Get device physical port ID. that's it, that's the whole name section, she's short and she knows it 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int dev_get_phys_port_id (struct net_device *dev , struct
netdev_phys_item_id *ppid );

literally the whole function signature, typed out exactly, no cap. returns an int, takes a struct net_device *dev and a struct netdev_phys_item_id *ppid. 🦋

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • dev — device. the network device you're asking about, main character energy 👑
  • ppid — port ID. this is where the port ID goes. she's the output, she's the moment ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Get device physical port ID.

and like… that's genuinely the whole description?? short queen. she does one (1) thing and she does it. no extra lore, no side quests, we respect it 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so this is the part where the page goes feral — the kernel file ./net/core/dev.c is listed here, and then an absolutely iconic, unreasonably long list of friends. not me reading all of these. but i did. for you. periodt 💀

like… that's a whole friend group. iykyk 🧚

ngl there are no fun bugs, warnings, exit statuses, or env vars on this page — she's a one-liner and she's thriving. don't go looking for drama that isn't there, bestie 🙈

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