rtl83xx_port_bridge_join(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 rtl83xx_port_bridge_join(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for rtl83xx_port_bridge_join — this one is literally about making a port join a bridge, and yes, it's giving main-character kernel energy 👑✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

rtl83xx_port_bridge_join — join a port to a bridge 💍🌉

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int rtl83xx_port_bridge_join (struct dsa_switch *ds , int port , struct dsa_bridge bridge , bool *tx_forward_offload , struct netlink_ext_ack *extack );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • ds — the DSA switch instance 🛸
  • port — port index 🔢
  • bridge — the bridge being joined 🌉
  • tx_forward_offload — if the switch can offload TX forwarding 📤
  • extack — netlink extended ack for reporting errors 🚨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so this function handles joining a port to a bridge. That's the quest 🫶 it updates the port isolation masks and EFID — yes, both, bestie, no skipping the bookkeeping 💅✨

😴 CONTEXT 😴

Can sleep. that's the whole context note, bestie 😴💤

🍓 RETURN 🍓

0 on success, negative value for failure. that's the return tea 🍵✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl83xx.c — that's the home base 🏠 and here's the whole squad:

mwah 💋 end-of-page sign-off: Kernel API Manual · source ./drivers/net/dsa/realtek · date October 2026 · page rtl83xx_port_bridge_join(9) ✨🎀🫶

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