arc_emac_restart(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for arc_emac_restart(9) — the name is literally:

arc_emac_restart - Restart EMAC. periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the whole signature is giving:

void arc_emac_restart (struct net_device *ndev );

No cap, that's the exact shape of it. 🦋

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ndev — Pointer to net_device structure. that's the one argument, bestie.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what does this function actually do? It does a hardware reset of the EMAC in order to restore network packets reception. That's the whole vibe: hardware reset, reception restoration, main character energy. No extra plot twists, fr fr. ✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c, and the whole friend group is:

• 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_open(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)

💖 cute little sign-off vibe check: source/version ./drivers/net/ethernet/arc, date October 2026, page arc_emac_restart(9). bye bestie, go restore that reception! 🎀🦋