DPNI_OPT_TX_FRM_RELEASE(9)

💖 DPNI_OPT_TX_FRM_RELEASE 💖

okay bestie, so this page is about DPNI_OPT_TX_FRM_RELEASE — it lives in the Kernel API Manual and honestly it's giving "short but important" energy. Let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

DPNI_OPT_TX_FRM_RELEASE — so like, Tx traffic is always released to a buffer pool on transmit. That's the whole vibe. There are no resources allocated to have the frames confirmed back to the source after transmission. none. zero. the frames go out and they do not come back to tell you about it 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

DPNI_OPT_TX_FRM_RELEASE

that's it. that's the whole synopsis. iconic minimalism, no cap ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay this is the part where the manpage goes feral and lists literally everyone in the group chat 😭 but they're all important, so here we go — no skipping, periodt:

• the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpni.h — go say hi to the source itself 💖
• DPNI_MAX_TC(9)
• DPNI_MAX_DPBP(9)
• DPNI_ALL_TCS(9)
• DPNI_ALL_TC_FLOWS(9)
• DPNI_NEW_FLOW_ID(9)
• DPNI_OPT_NO_MAC_FILTER(9)
• DPNI_OPT_HAS_POLICING(9)
• DPNI_OPT_SHARED_CONGESTION(9)
• DPNI_OPT_HAS_KEY_MASKING(9)
• DPNI_OPT_NO_FS(9)
• DPNI_OPT_SHARED_FS(9)
• struct dpni_pools_cfg(9)
• struct dpni_attr(9)
• DPNI_ERROR_EOFHE(9)
• DPNI_ERROR_FLE(9)
• DPNI_ERROR_FPE(9)
• DPNI_ERROR_PHE(9)
• DPNI_ERROR_L3CE(9)
• DPNI_ERROR_L4CE(9)
• enum dpni_error_action(9)
• struct dpni_error_cfg(9)
• DPNI_BUF_LAYOUT_OPT_TIMESTAMP(9)
• DPNI_BUF_LAYOUT_OPT_PARSER_RESULT(9)
• DPNI_BUF_LAYOUT_OPT_FRAME_STATUS(9)
• DPNI_BUF_LAYOUT_OPT_PRIVATE_DATA_SIZE(9)
• DPNI_BUF_LAYOUT_OPT_DATA_ALIGN(9)
• DPNI_BUF_LAYOUT_OPT_DATA_HEAD_ROOM(9)
• DPNI_BUF_LAYOUT_OPT_DATA_TAIL_ROOM(9)
• struct dpni_buffer_layout(9)
• enum dpni_queue_type(9)
• enum dpni_offload(9)
• union dpni_statistics(9)
• struct dpni_link_cfg(9)
• struct dpni_link_state(9)
• enum dpni_dist_mode(9)
• enum dpni_fs_miss_action(9)
• struct dpni_fs_tbl_cfg(9)
• struct dpni_rx_tc_dist_cfg(9)
• DPNI_FS_MISS_DROP(9)
• struct dpni_rx_dist_cfg(9)
• struct dpni_qos_tbl_cfg(9)
• enum dpni_dest(9)
• struct dpni_queue(9)
• struct dpni_queue_id(9)
• enum dpni_congestion_unit(9)
• enum dpni_congestion_point(9)
• struct dpni_dest_cfg(9)
• DPNI_CONG_OPT_FLOW_CONTROL(9)
• struct dpni_congestion_notification_cfg(9)
• struct dpni_taildrop(9)
• struct dpni_rule_cfg(9)
• DPNI_FS_OPT_DISCARD(9)
• DPNI_FS_OPT_SET_FLC(9)
• DPNI_FS_OPT_SET_STASH_CONTROL(9)
• struct dpni_fs_action_cfg(9)
• struct dpni_tx_shaping_cfg(9)
• struct dpni_single_step_cfg(9)

like I said. the whole group chat. read them all, they're literally all connected 🌈

lowkey a reminder bestie: this option means frames are released to a buffer pool on transmit and there are no resources allocated to confirm them back to the source after transmission — that's the whole point, don't go looking for a confirmation that doesn't exist 🙈

mwah 💋 that's the page! sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/freesca... and dated October 2026, and yes the header/footer were both rocking the name DPNI_OPT_TX_FRM_RELEASE(9) the whole time 👑 go off, kernel docs 🎀