vti6_dev_init_gen(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 vti6_dev_init_gen(9) — like, the whole kernel API manual vibe ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 🎀 today's main character is vti6_dev_init_gen(9) and honestly? she's the general initializer for all tunnel devices 🦋 no cap, that's her whole job description.

✨ NAME ✨

vti6_dev_init_gen — the general initializer for every single tunnel device out there. all of them. the whole squad 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int vti6_dev_init_gen (struct net_device *dev );

like, she takes one thing and gives you back an int. that's it. that's the energy 💜

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • dev — the virtual device that's associated with the tunnel. yes that's the one. she's holding it. <struct net_device *> and everything ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

girl, there is a whole extended universe of related functions, and we're listing every single one because we don't do "and friends" around here 💅 the kernel file is ./net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c and it's giving iconic:

it's a whole friend group fr fr 😭 go read them, iykyk 📚

reminder bestie:</> every one of those is a real function name and you should copy-paste them exactly, we are not freehanding kernel symbols, that's how you summon a segfault demon 💀

and that's the tea 🍓 this lil page lives in ./net/ipv6 and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, future vibes only 💫 mwah, go init some tunnels, ily 👑💖

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