devlink_port_linecard_set(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — today's episode: devlink_port_linecard_set(9), aka the little function that links a port with a linecard. it's giving matchmaker energy fr fr 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

devlink_port_linecard_set — Link port with a linecard 🫶

like. that's literally the whole job. it links a port. with a linecard. slay.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void devlink_port_linecard_set (struct devlink_port *devlink_port ,
       struct devlink_linecard *linecard );

note the void — this function returns nothing, it just does the thing and dips. main character energy, no receipts 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • devlink_port — devlink port ✨ — this is the port we're linking up, the one getting a linecard assigned to it.
  • linecard — devlink linecard 🎀 — and this is the linecard it gets linked to. the other half of the situationship.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./net/devlink/port.c — go read it if you're feeling brave, iykyk 🌈

the whole extended friend group, no cap:

ngl this one is short and sweet — no options, no exit statuses, no scary warnings, just a link between a port and a linecard. lowkey iconic. 💖

that's the whole page bestie, we ate and left no crumbs 🍓 this cutie came from ./net/devlink, dated October 2026, and it goes by devlink_port_linecard_set(9). periodt. 💜

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