mlx5_eswitch_get_core_dev(9)

💖 NAME 💖

hey bestie, welcome to the mlx5_eswitch_get_core_dev(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this function is literally called mlx5_eswitch_get_core_dev and its whole name-section vibe is: Get the mdev device 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct mlx5_core_dev * mlx5_eswitch_get_core_dev (struct mlx5_eswitch
*esw );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• esw — eswitch device. that's the input, bestie 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this is lowkey simple: it returns the mellanox core device which manages the eswitch. that's the whole plot 😭 the eswitch is right there, and this function hands you back the core device in charge of it 💜

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
• mlx5_esw_query_functions(9)
• mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked(9)
• mlx5_eswitch_enable(9)
• mlx5_esw_hold(9)
• mlx5_esw_release(9)
• mlx5_esw_get(9)
• mlx5_esw_put(9)
• mlx5_esw_try_lock(9)
• mlx5_esw_unlock(9)
• mlx5_eswitch_get_total_vports(9)

and that's the page, bestie 🎀 this cutie came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellano... and was stamped October 2026 — periodt 💅✨