llc_proto_type(9)

🌈 llc_proto_type(9) — Kernel API Manual 🌈

okay bestie, welcome to the llc_proto_type(9) page — that's the manual name and the whole vibe. We're in the Kernel API Manual, and this function is tiny but lowkey iconic. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

llc_proto_type — return eth protocol for ARP header type

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

__be16 llc_proto_type (u16 arphrd );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• arphrd — the ARP header type. That’s the one and only argument, and she’s doing her best. 💖

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Given an ARP header type, return the corresponding ethernet protocol.

So like, you hand over the ARP header type, and it gives you back the matching ethernet protocol. No cap. It’s giving “tiny translator with main character energy,” and honestly? Obsessed. ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./net/llc/af_llc.c

The whole bestie squad:

• llc_ui_next_link_no(9)
• llc_ui_addr_null(9)
• llc_ui_header_len(9)
• llc_ui_send_data(9)
• llc_ui_create(9)
• llc_ui_release(9)
• llc_ui_autoport(9)
• llc_ui_autobind(9)
• llc_ui_bind(9)
• llc_ui_shutdown(9)
• llc_ui_connect(9)
• llc_ui_listen(9)
• llc_ui_accept(9)
• llc_ui_recvmsg(9)
• llc_ui_sendmsg(9)
• llc_ui_getname(9)
• llc_ui_ioctl(9)
• llc_ui_setsockopt(9)
• llc_ui_getsockopt(9)

Source/version: ./net/llc · date: October 2026 · manual: llc_proto_type(9). That’s the tea, bye bestie 💋🎀