get_base_qpn(9)

✨ get_base_qpn 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the get_base_qpn page from the Kernel API Manual — yes that's manual section 9, kernel API, we love a niche corner of the docs 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

get_base_qpn — literally just grabs the first qp number for you, no cap 👑

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int get_base_qpn (struct hinic_hwdev *hwdev , u16 *base_qpn );

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• hwdev — the NIC HW device, aka the whole hardware situation you're working with 🫶
• base_qpn — the qp number that gets returned to you, it's an output, she's giving results 💖

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Return 0 for Success, and negative for Failure. that's it, that's the whole vibe check 😭 zero means slay, negative means uh oh 💀

ngl bestie, the manpage is not gonna hold your hand here — it says exactly this and nothing more, so don't come for me about extra details 🙈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file lives right here, iconic: ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_dev.c 📁

and the whole friend group of related functions, all in section 9, all matching this energy 👑:

• parse_capability(9)
• get_capability(9)
• get_dev_cap(9)
• init_msix(9)
• disable_msix(9)
• hinic_port_msg_cmd(9)
• init_fw_ctxt(9)
• set_hw_ioctxt(9)
• clear_io_resources(9)
• set_resources_state(9)
• hinic_hwdev_ifup(9)
• hinic_hwdev_ifdown(9)
• hinic_hwdev_cb_register(9)
• hinic_hwdev_cb_unregister(9)
• nic_mgmt_msg_handler(9)
• init_pfhwdev(9)
• free_pfhwdev(9)
• hinic_init_hwdev(9)
• hinic_free_hwdev(9)
• hinic_hwdev_num_qps(9)
• hinic_hwdev_get_sq(9)
• hinic_hwdev_get_rq(9)
• hinic_hwdev_msix_cnt_set(9)
• hinic_hwdev_msix_set(9)
• hinic_hwdev_hw_ci_addr_set(9)
• hinic_hwdev_set_msix_state(9)

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okay that's the whole page bestie, go get that qp number 🧚💫

source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/... — dated October 2026 — and it's still get_base_qpn(9) at the end, periodt 🌈⭐