netdev_update_features(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 netdev_update_features(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so picture this: it's netdev_update_features(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and she's the friend who does a full vibe check on your network device's feature set. let's get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

netdev_update_features — recalculate device features 🔄

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void netdev_update_features (struct net_device *dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • dev — the device to check 👀 (yes, that's the whole argument, she's low maintenance)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what she does: she recalculates the dev->features set, and if that set has actually changed, she sends out notifications about it. 📣

She's the one you call after something driver-side or hardware-side might have shifted in a way that influences the features — like, conditions changed, features might need a refresh, and you're like "bestie, handle this for me." She's the after-the-fact cleanup queen, not the init. 💅

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

She runs with a whole squad over in the kernel file ./net/core/dev.c, and honestly, the group chat is massive. Here's everyone:

like I said. huge squad. iykyk 🌈

okay that's the whole page, no cap 🫶 this one came from ./net/core and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, she's recent, she's iconic, and she's absolutely the main character of your feature-recalc pipeline. periodt 💖

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