msg_to_mgmt_sync(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🦋 msg_to_mgmt_sync (9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🦋

okay so literally welcome to the msg_to_mgmt_sync page, it's a 9-section kernel API manual entry and we are gonna get through it together, no stress 💖

✨ NAME ✨

msg_to_mgmt_sync — the way to send a sync message to mgmt 🫶 like, you send it and you wait, that's the whole vibe.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int msg_to_mgmt_sync (struct hinic_pf_to_mgmt *pf_to_mgmt , enum
hinic_mod_type mod , u8 cmd , u8 *buf_in , u16 in_size , u8 *buf_out ,
u16 *out_size , enum mgmt_direction_type direction , u16 resp_msg_id ,
u32 timeout );

she's long, she's gorgeous, she takes ten arguments, periodt 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pf_to_mgmt — the PF to MGMT channel, like the little pipeline the message travels down 💅
  • mod — which module in the chip is gonna receive the message, iykyk
  • cmd — the command of the message, aka what you're actually asking for
  • buf_in — the msg data itself, the payload, the main character 🌟
  • in_size — how long that msg data is, u16 energy
  • buf_out — the response, where the answer comes back to you 🎁
  • out_size — the length of that response, lowkey important if you wanna read it properly
  • direction — the direction of the original message, which way it was facing when it left 🧭
  • resp_msg_id — the msg id to response for, so everybody knows which message we're replying to 🙈
  • timeout — the time-out period of waiting for response, aka how long you're willing to stand there like 😭 before giving up

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

ok so the return values, and this is the whole description so don't blink:

  • 0 — Success ✨ slay, it worked, we love to see it
  • negative — Failure 💀 something went wrong, tragic, but at least you know
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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

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sixteen of them bestie, sixteen!! drink some water before you start 💀🍓

and that's the page 🦋 mwah, you did amazing. this came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/... and it's dated October 2026 — go forth and send your sync messages responsibly, love u, bye 💖✨👑

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