ip6_tnl_dev_setup(9)

ip6_tnl_dev_setup(9) 💖 Kernel API Manual

bestie, gather round — we're doing a little kernel tunnel-device setup and the vibe is immaculate ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

ip6_tnl_dev_setup — setup virtual tunnel device

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ip6_tnl_dev_setup (struct net_device *dev );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• dev — virtual device associated with tunnel. That's the whole vibe check for this one 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so this is the initialize moment: function pointers and device parameters get set up. The way that's literally the entire job? Obsessed. It's giving setup energy, no cap 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c — go read, iykyk. Then check out this whole iconic squad:

• ip6_tnl_lookup(9)
• ip6_tnl_bucket(9)
• ip6_tnl_link(9)
• ip6_tnl_unlink(9)
• ip6_tnl_create(9)
• ip6_tnl_locate(9)
• ip6_tnl_dev_uninit(9)
• ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim(9)
• ip6_tnl_addr_conflict(9)
• ip6_tnl_xmit(9)
• ip6_tnl_change(9)
• ip6_tnl_siocdevprivate(9)
• ip6_tnl_change_mtu(9)
• ip6_tnl_dev_init_gen(9)
• ip6_tnl_dev_init(9)
• ip6_fb_tnl_dev_init(9)
• ip6_tunnel_init(9)
• ip6_tunnel_cleanup(9)

🫶 Final sign-off, bestie: source/version ./net/ipv6; date October 2026; page ip6_tnl_dev_setup(9). Stay iconic 💜