devlink_port_type_ib_set(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

Okay bestie, so you know that file devlink_port_type_ib_set? Yeah, that one from the Kernel API Manual. Sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, because this function is literally just here to say "hey, this port? It's InfiniBand now." No cap.

✨ NAME ✨

devlink_port_type_ib_set — sets the port type to InfiniBand, periodt. That's the whole vibe.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void devlink_port_type_ib_set (struct devlink_port *devlink_port ,
       struct ib_device *ibdev );

Look at her. Two params, returns nothing (void — she gives, she doesn't take 💅). Copy it exactly, iykyk.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • devlink_port — the devlink port in question, your main character 🎀
  • ibdev — the related IB device that goes with it, her plus-one 🦋

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Bestie, the whole friend group is in the kernel file ./net/devlink/port.c, and honestly? Obsessed. Here's everyone:

Like, that's the entire squad. Go read them. It's giving study group 📚✨

Ngl, this page is short and sweet — no warnings, no bugs, no scary undefined behaviour. Just a clean little setter. Slay. 💅

💖 That's the whole page, bestie! Brought to you by ./net/devlink — October 2026 — the devlink_port_type_ib_set(9) era. Catch you in the next man page, mwah! 🫶✨

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