get_dev_cap(9)

💅 get_dev_cap(9) — like, the NIC capability getter, bestie

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's about get_dev_cap — one tiny function that lives for one tiny purpose and honestly? she's an icon. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

get_dev_cap — get device capabilities. that's it. that's the whole job. no cap, it just fetches the capabilities off the device. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int get_dev_cap (struct hinic_hwdev *hwdev );

(yeah there's a space before the closing paren, that's just how she is, we don't touch it 💖)

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hwdev — the NIC HW device you're getting capabilities for. like, hand her the hardware device, she'll handle the rest. that's the whole ask, ngl 🌈

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

she returns 0 for Success, and negative for Failure. literally that simple. main character energy with zero extra lore 🔥

lowkey a vibe check: 0 means slay, anything negative means it did not slay 😭

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

bestie please, she has a whole friend group. here's the squad 💜:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_dev.c
• parse_capability(9)
• get_capability(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)
• get_base_qpn(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)

like, twenty-six plus entries?? she's so connected, iykyk 👑

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and that's the page, periodt 💖✨ this cutie came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/... and is dated October 2026 — and it's still get_dev_cap(9) at the end of the day, no notes 🎀