STRUCT MXL862XX_BRIDGE_PORT_ALLOC(9)

💅 struct mxl862xx_bridge_port_alloc(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀

okay so you opened the kernel API manual and landed on this page — that's struct mxl862xx_bridge_port_alloc(9), and honestly? it's giving tiny-but-mighty. ✨ it's a little struct that handles bridge port allocation, and we're gonna get into it. no skimming, no cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct mxl862xx_bridge_port_alloc — Bridge Port Allocation. that's the whole vibe. short, sweet, iconic.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

look at her. one member. she doesn't need more. 💅

struct mxl862xx_bridge_port_alloc {
    __le16 bridge_port_id;
};

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🦋 Members 🦋

• bridge_port_id — okay so if the bridge port allocation goes through successfully, a valid ID gets returned right here in this field. slay. 🎉 but if it doesn't work out? you get INVALID_HANDLE back instead — so keep an eye out for that, fr fr. and when you're doing a bridge port free, this field needs to hold a valid ID that came from the bridge port allocation. so like... don't just make one up, bestie. 😭

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💖 Description 💖

this struct is used by MXL862XX_BRIDGE_PORT_ALLOC and MXL862XX_BRIDGE_PORT_FREE. that's it, that's the whole story — allocate and free, the classic duo. 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole extended friend group, no one left out 🥰 — starting with the kernel file ./drivers/net/dsa/mxl862xx/mxl862xx-api.h, and then:

• struct mdio_relay_data(9)
• struct mxl862xx_register_mod(9)
• enum mxl862xx_mac_table_filter(9)
• struct mxl862xx_mac_table_add(9)
• struct mxl862xx_mac_table_remove(9)
• struct mxl862xx_mac_table_read(9)
• struct mxl862xx_mac_table_query(9)
• enum mxl862xx_mac_clear_type(9)
• struct mxl862xx_mac_table_clear(9)
• enum mxl862xx_age_timer(9)
• struct mxl862xx_bridge_alloc(9)
• enum mxl862xx_bridge_config_mask(9)
• enum mxl862xx_bridge_port_egress_meter(9)
• struct mxl862xx_qos_meter_cfg(9)
• enum mxl862xx_bridge_forward_mode(9)
• struct mxl862xx_bridge_config(9)
• enum mxl862xx_bridge_port_config_mask(9)
• enum mxl862xx_color_marking_mode(9)
• enum mxl862xx_color_remarking_mode(9)
• enum mxl862xx_pmapper_mapping_mode(9)
• struct mxl862xx_pmapper(9)
• struct mxl862xx_bridge_port_config(9)
• struct mxl862xx_cfg(9)
• enum mxl862xx_extended_vlan_filter_type(9)
• enum mxl862xx_extended_vlan_filter_tpid(9)
• enum mxl862xx_extended_vlan_filter_dei(9)
• enum mxl862xx_extended_vlan_treatment_remove_tag(9)
• enum mxl862xx_extended_vlan_treatment_priority(9)
• enum mxl862xx_extended_vlan_treatment_vid(9)
• enum mxl862xx_extended_vlan_treatment_tpid(9)
• enum mxl862xx_extended_vlan_treatment_dei(9)
• enum mxl862xx_extended_vlan_4_tpid_mode(9)
• enum mxl862xx_extended_vlan_filter_ethertype(9)
• struct mxl862xx_extendedvlan_filter_vlan(9)
• struct mxl862xx_extendedvlan_filter(9)
• struct mxl862xx_extendedvlan_treatment_vlan(9)
• struct mxl862xx_extendedvlan_treatment(9)
• struct mxl862xx_extendedvlan_alloc(9)
• struct mxl862xx_extendedvlan_config(9)
• enum mxl862xx_vlan_filter_tci_mask(9)
• struct mxl862xx_vlanfilter_alloc(9)
• struct mxl862xx_vlanfilter_config(9)
• enum mxl862xx_ss_sp_tag_mask(9)
• enum mxl862xx_ss_sp_tag_rx(9)
• enum mxl862xx_ss_sp_tag_tx(9)
• enum mxl862xx_ss_sp_tag_rx_pen(9)
• struct mxl862xx_ss_sp_tag(9)
• enum mxl862xx_logical_port_mode(9)
• struct mxl862xx_ctp_port_assignment(9)
• enum mxl862xx_stp_port_state(9)
• struct mxl862xx_stp_port_cfg(9)
• struct mxl862xx_sys_fw_image_version(9)
• enum mxl862xx_port_type(9)
• enum mxl862xx_rmon_port_type(9)
• struct mxl862xx_rmon_port_cnt(9)
• union mxl862xx_xpcs_an_word(9)
• enum mxl862xx_xpcs_loopback_mode(9)
• struct mxl862xx_xpcs_pcs_cfg(9)
• struct mxl862xx_xpcs_pcs_state(9)
• struct mxl862xx_xpcs_pcs_disable(9)
• struct mxl862xx_xpcs_an_restart(9)
• struct mxl862xx_xpcs_pcs_link_up(9)

like I said. the whole group chat. 💀

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ngl this page is smol but she's got range — __le16 is doing real work in here. read the field notes carefully before you go freeing anything, okay? 🫶

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that's the page, bestie — sourced from ./drivers/net/dsa/mxl862xx, dated October 2026, living under the name struct mxl8...e_port_alloc(9). mwah 💋