fcoe_ctlr_alloc(9)

💖 fcoe_ctlr_alloc (9) — Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the fcoe_ctlr_alloc(9) page, straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ grab a snack, this one's short and sweet.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

fcoe_ctlr_alloc — literally just allocating a fcoe interface from fcoe_sysfs, that's the whole vibe 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int fcoe_ctlr_alloc (struct net_device *netdev );

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⭐ ARGUMENTS ⭐

• netdev — the net_device that the allocated FCoE Controller is gonna live in, no cap 🫶

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so this routine gets called from fcoe_sysfs, right? And what it does is it starts the fcoe_ctlr off in a link_down state 🌈 Which is honestly a slay move, because it gives you — the user — a whole opportunity to configure the FCoE Controller from sysfs before you go ahead and enable the FCoE Controller 💖

And like, creating it with this routine starts the FCoE Controller in Fabric mode 🎀 You're not locked in either — you can switch to VN2VN or another mode before enabling, whenever you feel like it. main character energy fr fr ✨

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c plus this whole friend group:

• fcoe_interface_setup(9), fcoe_interface_create(9), fcoe_interface_remove(9), fcoe_interface_cleanup(9)
• fcoe_fip_recv(9), fcoe_fip_vlan_recv(9)
• fcoe_port_send(9), fcoe_fip_send(9)
• fcoe_update_src_mac(9), fcoe_get_src_mac(9)
• fcoe_lport_config(9), fcoe_netdev_config(9), fcoe_shost_config(9)
• fcoe_fdmi_info(9), fcoe_oem_match(9)
• fcoe_em_config(9), fcoe_if_destroy(9)
• fcoe_ddp_setup(9), fcoe_ddp_target(9), fcoe_ddp_done(9)
• fcoe_if_create(9), fcoe_if_init(9), fcoe_if_exit(9)
• fcoe_rcv(9), fcoe_alloc_paged_crc_eof(9)
• fcoe_xmit(9), fcoe_filter_frames(9), fcoe_recv_frame(9), fcoe_receive_work(9)
• fcoe_dev_setup(9), fcoe_dev_cleanup(9), fcoe_device_notification(9)
• fcoe_disable(9), fcoe_enable(9)
• fcoe_ctlr_enabled(9), fcoe_ctlr_mode(9)
• fcoe_destroy(9), fcoe_destroy_work(9)
• fcoe_match(9), fcoe_dcb_create(9)
• _fcoe_create(9), fcoe_create(9)
• fcoe_link_ok(9), fcoe_percpu_clean(9), fcoe_reset(9)
• fcoe_hostlist_lookup_port(9), fcoe_hostlist_lookup(9), fcoe_hostlist_add(9), fcoe_hostlist_del(9)
• fcoe_init(9), fcoe_exit(9)
• fcoe_flogi_resp(9), fcoe_logo_resp(9)
• fcoe_vport_create(9), fcoe_vport_destroy(9), fcoe_vport_remove(9), fcoe_vport_disable(9)
• fcoe_set_vport_symbolic_name(9), fcoe_set_port_id(9)

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that's it, that's the page 🍓 go configure your controller in sysfs and have the best day ever, iykyk 💀✨

this lil masterpiece lives in ./drivers/scsi/fcoe, and it's dated October 2026 — mwah, bye bestie 🧚‍♀️💜🔥