tipc_l2_device_event(9)

💖 NAME 💖

tipc_l2_device_event — the girl who handles device events coming from the network device 👑 (like, she's the one who picks up when the network device calls)

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int tipc_l2_device_event (struct notifier_block *nb , unsigned long evt , void *ptr );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• nb — the context of the notification, like fr this is the whole backstory you need going in 💅
• evt — the type of event, aka what just went down 👀
• ptr — the net device that the event was on, the literal main character of this whole situation 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea 🍓 — this function gets called by the Ethernet driver whenever there's a link change event. That's it, that's the vibe. The Ethernet driver literally rings her up the second the link shifts, and she handles it. no cap, iconic behavior 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./net/tipc/bearer.c — and yes bestie, the whole squad shows up in the credits:

• tipc_media_find(9)
• media_find_id(9)
• tipc_media_addr_printf(9)
• bearer_name_validate(9)
• tipc_bearer_find(9)
• tipc_enable_bearer(9)
• tipc_reset_bearer(9)
• bearer_disable(9)
• tipc_l2_send_msg(9)
• tipc_l2_rcv_msg(9)

🫶 that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — brought to you straight out of ./net/tipc, dated October 2026, from your favorite section 9 of the Kernel API Manual. go off, kernel docs 💜