hinic_port_msg_cmd(9)

💅 hinic_port_msg_cmd(9) 💅

okay bestie, this page is straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ and it's all about hinic_port_msg_cmd — the kernel function that sends a port msg to mgmt. that's the vibe 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

hinic_port_msg_cmd — send port msg to mgmt 💌

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int hinic_port_msg_cmd (struct hinic_hwdev *hwdev , enum hinic_port_cmd
cmd , void *buf_in , u16 in_size , void *buf_out , u16 *out_size );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

here's the whole cast, no skips bestie:

• hwdev — the NIC HW device 👑
• cmd — the port command 🫡
• buf_in — input buffer 📥
• in_size — input size 🔢
• buf_out — output buffer 📤
• out_size — returned output size 📬

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Return 0 - Success, negative - Failure. literally the whole return story: 0 is slay ✅ and a negative value is not it ❌.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file is at ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_dev.c — yes, that exact path, bestie 🗂️

also go say hi to all these iconique friends:

• parse_capability(9)
• get_capability(9)
• get_dev_cap(9)
• init_msix(9)
• disable_msix(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)

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cute sign-off 💅 source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/... · date: October 2026 · page: hinic_port_msg_cmd(9) — byeee bestie, go send those port msgs 🫶