liquidio_open(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ liquidio_open(9) ✨

okay so real talk, this one's a kernel API page — liquidio_open(9) — and it's lowkey iconic 🎀 it lives in the Linux kernel docs, and it's the whole "net device open" moment for LiquidIO. yes bestie, the open. the main character callback. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

liquidio_open — Net device open for LiquidIO 💖

like, that's it. that's the vibe. it opens the net device. slay.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int liquidio_open (struct net_device *netdev );

(the spacing in there? not me touching it. it's exactly how the kernel wrote it, no cap. we do not edit the source text, we respect the source text 🙏)

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • netdev — network device 🫶 like, the actual net device struct pointer you're handing over. that's the whole argument. one (1) singular network device. periodt.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie, buckle up, this list is long — it's giving "the entire LiquidIO extended universe" 👑

First up, the actual file it lives in — kernel file:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c

and then the whole friend group, in order, fr fr:

  1. pcierror_quiesce_device(9)
  2. cleanup_aer_uncorrect_error_status(9)
  3. stop_pci_io(9)
  4. liquidio_pcie_error_detected(9)
  5. print_link_info(9)
  6. octnet_link_status_change(9)
  7. setup_link_status_change_wq(9)
  8. update_link_status(9)
  9. liquidio_vf_probe(9)
  10. octeon_pci_flr(9)
  11. octeon_destroy_resources(9)
  12. send_rx_ctrl_cmd(9)
  13. liquidio_destroy_nic_device(9)
  14. liquidio_stop_nic_module(9)
  15. liquidio_vf_remove(9)
  16. octeon_pci_os_setup(9)
  17. free_netbuf(9)
  18. free_netsgbuf(9)
  19. free_netsgbuf_with_resp(9)
  20. liquidio_stop(9)
  21. get_new_flags(9)
  22. liquidio_set_mcast_list(9)
  23. liquidio_set_mac(9)
  24. liquidio_xmit(9)
  25. liquidio_tx_timeout(9)
  26. setup_nic_devices(9)
  27. liquidio_init_nic_module(9)
  28. octeon_device_init(9)

(no I did not skip any. that's all 28. we counted. twice. 🧚)

ngl if you're reading this page, you're probably already deep in the LiquidIO driver, and honestly? obsessed. go read those cross-references, they're all part of the same story 😭🔥

and that's the whole page, bestie — every flag, every argument, every cross-reference, nothing dropped, all facts intact, just with ✨flavor✨

kisses from the ./drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/... directory 💜 — this one's dated October 2026, so like, future vibes, and it's Kernel API Manual energy all the way. bye bestie, go open that net device 🦋💅

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