netif_carrier_on(9)

💅 netif_carrier_on 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this page is all about netif_carrier_on, and she is literally here to set carrier. no cap. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

netif_carrier_on — set carrier 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void netif_carrier_on (struct net_device *dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — network device. that's the whole argument, bestie. 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the plot is simple and iconic: the device has detected acquisition of carrier. literally that's the energy. ✨

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./net/sched/sch_generic.c
• netif_carrier_off(9)
• netif_carrier_event(9)
• dev_deactivate_many(9)
• psched_ratecfg_precompute__(9)

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