arc_emac_open(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

arc_emac_open — Open the network device.

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for arc_emac_open(9) 💖 this is the kernel-side moment where the network device gets opened. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int arc_emac_open (struct net_device *ndev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ndev — pointer to the network device. that's the whole arg, bestie 🫶

⭐ RETURN ⭐

Returns 0 on success, or a non-zero error value on failure. slay when it's 0, sad little boop when it isn't 😭

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

This function sets the MAC address, requests and enables an IRQ for the EMAC device, and starts the Tx queue. It also connects to the phy device. no cap, that's the whole vibe of what it does ✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c

• arc_emac_tx_avail(9)
• arc_emac_adjust_link(9)
• arc_emac_get_drvinfo(9)
• arc_emac_tx_clean(9)
• arc_emac_rx(9)
• arc_emac_rx_miss_handle(9)
• arc_emac_rx_stall_check(9)
• arc_emac_poll(9)
• arc_emac_intr(9)
• arc_emac_set_rx_mode(9)
• arc_free_tx_queue(9)
• arc_free_rx_queue(9)
• arc_emac_stop(9)
• arc_emac_stats(9)
• arc_emac_tx(9)
• arc_emac_set_address(9)
• arc_emac_restart(9)

mwah 💋 this page is from the ./drivers/net/ethernet/arc source/version and is dated October 2026 — catch you in the kernel, bestie! 🫶