hinic_port_set_func_state(9)

💅 hinic_port_set_func_state — from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, bestie ✨

okay so you found a kernel function and you're like "what does this even do" — valid. it's hinic_port_set_func_state, and the whole personality of this page is: set func device state. that's it, that's the vibe. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int hinic_port_set_func_state (struct hinic_dev *nic_dev , enum
hinic_func_port_state state );

like, copy it exactly, please, no freestyling the signature 🙈

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• nic_dev — the nic device 💖 this is your main character, the thing you're poking at
• state — the state to set ✨ the state you want to set. it goes in the state slot. yes it's named that on purpose 😭

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: it returns 0 on Success, and a negative number on Failure. that's literally the whole description. no cap. 🫶

ngl if you get a negative back, that's not slay, that's a failure — the manpage says so, not me 💀

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

bestie, the actual source lives in this kernel file:

• ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_port.c

and the whole friend group — the related functions, each with their own (9) section, all listed, no skips, iykyk 👑:

• change_mac(9)
• hinic_port_add_mac(9)
• hinic_port_del_mac(9)
• hinic_port_get_mac(9)
• hinic_port_set_mtu(9)
• hinic_port_add_vlan(9)
• hinic_port_del_vlan(9)
• hinic_port_set_rx_mode(9)
• hinic_port_link_state(9)
• hinic_port_set_state(9)
• hinic_port_get_cap(9)
• hinic_port_set_tso(9)

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🌈 the lil sign-off 🎀

this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/... and it's dated October 2026 — so it's lowkey from the future, which is iconic, and it's sitting right there in the Kernel API Manual under hinic_port_set_func_state(9). obsessed. periodt. 💜🌸