fcoe_netdev_config(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 fcoe_netdev_config(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the main character is fcoe_netdev_config(9). she hooks a net device up for SW FCoE and she is very particular about when you call her. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

fcoe_netdev_config — literally "Set up net devive for SW FCoE"

(yes, "devive". that's exactly how it's spelled in the source, she's quirky like that, we respect it 🙈 — it means net device, iykyk)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int fcoe_netdev_config (struct fc_lport *lport , struct net_device *netdev );

like, you hand her a local port and a net device and she returns an int. that's the whole vibe check. 💫

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • lport — the local port that's associated with the net device. your FC side of the situationship 💜
  • netdev — the associated net device. the network-y half. they come as a pair, no cap 🫶

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

okay so the one thing you actually cannot fumble: this function must be called after fcoe_lport_config, because it will use the local port mutex. so fcoe_lport_config first, fcoe_netdev_config second. order matters, bestie, it's giving main-character sequencing 👑

not me stressing this — call it out of order and you're messing with a mutex that isn't ready yet. do the setup first. periodt. 💀

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • 0 — for success. that's it, that's the whole return vibe. zero means slay ✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole fcoe friend group, in the order the page says, because we do not skip anyone at this lunch table 💖 (also peep the kernel file ./drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c):

like, that's the entire extended universe. go read them, they're all iconic in their own way 🌈

little sign-off moment 🎀 this page lives in ./drivers/scsi/fcoe and it's dated October 2026 — so yes, future-dated manual page, very ahead of its time, we love a trendsetter. mwah, go config your netdev, bestie 💜🦋✨
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