vti6_dev_setup(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to vti6_dev_setup(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is literally the setup virtual tunnel device situation. 🫶✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the whole signature, no cap:

void vti6_dev_setup (struct net_device *dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the virtual device associated with the tunnel. that's the one getting the setup treatment, periodt. 💅

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so this function does the initialize moment: it sets up the function pointers and initializes the device parameters. that's the vibe, and it's giving exactly what it needs to give. ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file is ./net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c, and here's the whole related-bestie list:

• vti6_tnl_lookup(9)
• vti6_tnl_bucket(9)
• vti6_locate(9)
• vti6_dev_uninit(9)
• vti6_addr_conflict(9)
• vti6_xmit(9)
• vti6_tnl_change(9)
• vti6_siocdevprivate(9)
• vti6_dev_init_gen(9)
• vti6_dev_init(9)
• vti6_fb_tnl_dev_init(9)
• vti6_tunnel_init(9)
• vti6_tunnel_cleanup(9)

xoxo, your girl at ./net/ipv6 — October 2026 — vti6_dev_setup(9) 💖✨