hinic_port_set_state(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 hinic_port_set_state(9)

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the actual kernel manual, and yes we're reading it for fun, don't @ me 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

hinic_port_set_state — set port state, bestie. that's the whole vibe. it sets the state of the port. iconic behaviour honestly 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int hinic_port_set_state (struct hinic_dev *nic_dev , enum
hinic_port_state state );

like, you hand it a nic device and a state, and it goes and does the thing. main character function energy fr 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • nic_dev — the nic device 💖 that's your little network interface buddy you're doing all this for
  • state — the state to set ⭐ literally the state you want it to be in. you picked it, you own it

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so the return situation is genuinely so simple it's giving minimalist:

Return 0 - Success, negative - Failure.

that's it. 0 means slay, negative means 😭. no cap, no in-between, no essay. periodt 💀

ngl bestie, always check that return value — negative is the kernel's way of saying "not today" 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_port.c — that's where the actual source lives, go read it, it's lowkey fascinating 🧚

and the whole friend group of related calls, all of them, every single one, no skipping:

anyway that's the page!! 🫶 this whole thing came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/... and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, future tech, we stay ahead 💜✨

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