dev_load(9)

💖 NAME 💖

dev_load — load a network module. That's the whole name vibe, bestie. This page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally about loading a network module. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void dev_load (struct net *net , const char *name );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• net — the applicable net namespace. Like, the namespace this whole thing applies to, periodt.
• name — name of interface. The interface's name, bestie. That's the string you're passing in. 💅

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

If a network interface is not present and the process has suitable privileges, this function loads the module. No cap, that's the move. 🔥

If module loading is not available in this kernel, then it becomes a nop. It's giving "nothing to see here" energy, and that's valid. 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./net/core/dev_ioctl.c
• dev_get_hwtstamp_phylib(9)
• dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib(9)
• dev_ioctl(9)

Go peep those when you're done, iykyk. 🦋

okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — this one came from ./net/core, dated October 2026, and it's dev_load(9). Byeee 🫶