fcoe_if_create(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 fcoe_if_create — the one where we birth an FCoE instance 💖

ok so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, kernel API stuff, iykyk) and it's all about fcoe_if_create. bestie, we're making a whole FCoE instance on an interface. it's giving main character energy for your storage stack ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

fcoe_if_create — literally create a FCoE instance on an interface 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct fc_lport * fcoe_if_create (struct fcoe_interface *fcoe , struct
device *parent , int npiv );

that's the whole signature bestie, copy it exactly, no cap 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • fcoe — the FCoE interface you're creating a local port on. like, the home base 🏠
  • parent — the device pointer that becomes the parent in sysfs for the SCSI host. it's the parent, it's parenting, iconic 👑
  • npiv — tells us whether the port is a vport or not. yes/no energy 🙈

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so what does it actually do? it creates a fc_lport instance and a Scsi_Host instance, then configures them both. two for the price of one, we love a bundle deal 💅✨

literally: allocate the local port, allocate the SCSI host, configure them. slay.

⭐ RETURN ⭐

you get the allocated fc_lport back 🎁 — or an error pointer if things went sideways. mood, honestly 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c, and here's the whole friend group — every single one, no gatekeeping 🫶

ok bye bestie, go create some instances responsibly 💜✨

this page came from ./drivers/scsi/fcoe, dated October 2026, and it's fcoe_if_create(9) — go off 🎀

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