hinic_msg_to_mgmt(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💌 hinic_msg_to_mgmt(9) — the kernel API manual, but make it cute

Okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and get comfy, because we're talking about hinic_msg_to_mgmt from the hinic driver's kernel API manual. It's a function, it sends messages to mgmt, and honestly? It's giving "middle manager energy" but like, in the most iconic way possible. Let's get into it. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

hinic_msg_to_mgmt — literally just send a message to mgmt. That's the whole vibe. No cap. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int hinic_msg_to_mgmt (struct hinic_pf_to_mgmt *pf_to_mgmt , enum
hinic_mod_type mod , u8 cmd , void *buf_in , u16 in_size , void *buf_out
, u16 *out_size , enum hinic_mgmt_msg_type sync );

That's a lot of arguments, I know, but stay with me — we're gonna go through each one like a group chat roll call. 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • pf_to_mgmt — the PF to MGMT channel. It's the actual pipeline, the connection, the "how we're getting this message where it needs to go" energy. 🔥
  • mod — the module in the chip that will get the message. Think of it as the recipient's handle. 💖
  • cmd — the command of the message. What are we telling them, bestie? This is the "what".
  • buf_in — the msg data. The actual payload, the text of the DM, if you will. ✨
  • in_size — the msg data length. Gotta know how much data we're sending, obviously.
  • buf_out — response. What comes back to you. The reply. The "seen at 2:47 AM" of it all.
  • out_size — returned response length. How long that reply ended up being. 📏
  • sync — sync msg or async msg. Are we waiting for the answer or are we living our free-spirited async truth? Both are valid. 🌈

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Return 0 - Success, negative - Failure.

That's it, that's the description. Short, sweet, to the point. It said what it said and it's not elaborating. 💀

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

Bestie, the crossover episode is REAL. Here's the whole friend group:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_mgmt.c

And the iconic lineup:

Go read them. All of them. They're all in their own little kernel-file era and they ate. 👑

Heads up bestie: this one's short because the original is short. Don't come for me for not adding lore that wasn't there — I keep the facts exactly the facts, always. 💖

Okay and that's the page! Shoutout to that source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/... and the October 2026 date, and of course the whole hinic_msg_to_mgmt(9) header and footer situation — consider it all honoured, mwah, love you, bye! 💅✨🎀🦋🌸🫶

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