ice_activate_dynamic_port(9)

💖 ice_activate_dynamic_port(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — this is the page for ice_activate_dynamic_port, and yes it's giving "small function, big friend group" energy because the SEE ALSO list is literally a whole group chat 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

ice_activate_dynamic_port — Activate a dynamic port 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ice_activate_dynamic_port (struct ice_dynamic_port *dyn_port ,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack );

no cap, that's the whole signature, two args, one int coming back at you 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dyn_port — the dynamic port instance you're activating. this is the main character of the call, the port that's about to have its moment 💫
• extack — the extack, and its whole job is reporting error messages. it's the friend who tells you what went wrong, lowkey essential 😭

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Activates the dynamic port based on its flavour. that's it, that's the vibe — the port gets activated according to whichever flavour it's rockin'. iykyk 🍓

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

Returns zero on success 🎉 or an error code on failure 💀 (so like, always check it, bestie, fr fr).

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/port.c — that's where the actual source lives, go say hi 👑

and then the whole extended friend group, all in section 9:

• ice_devlink_port_opt_speed_str(9)
• ice_devlink_port_options_print(9)
• ice_devlink_aq_set_port_option(9)
• ice_devlink_port_split(9)
• ice_devlink_port_unsplit(9)
• ice_devlink_set_port_split_options(9)
• ice_devlink_set_switch_id(9)
• ice_devlink_create_pf_port(9)
• ice_devlink_destroy_pf_port(9)
• ice_devlink_port_get_vf_fn_mac(9)
• ice_devlink_port_set_vf_fn_mac(9)
• ice_devlink_create_vf_port(9)
• ice_devlink_destroy_vf_port(9)
• ice_devlink_create_sf_dev_port(9)
• ice_devlink_destroy_sf_dev_port(9)
• ice_deactivate_dynamic_port(9)
• ice_dealloc_dynamic_port(9)
• ice_dealloc_all_dynamic_ports(9)
• ice_devlink_port_new_check_attr(9)
• ice_devlink_port_del(9)
• ice_devlink_port_fn_hw_addr_set(9)
• ice_devlink_port_fn_hw_addr_get(9)
• ice_devlink_port_fn_state_set(9)
• ice_devlink_port_fn_state_get(9)
• ice_reserve_sf_num(9)
• ice_devlink_create_sf_port(9)
• ice_devlink_destroy_sf_port(9)
• ice_alloc_dynamic_port(9)
• ice_devlink_port_new(9)

like i said — whole group chat, everyone showed up, ate and left no crumbs 🔥

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mwah, that's the page! this little icon came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, and the manual name up top is ice_activate_dynamic_port(9) in case you forgot already 🙈 — k bye, go activate some ports responsibly 💖✨