atl1c_free_ring_resources(9)
π atl1c_free_ring_resources β a Kernel API Manual moment π
okay so bestie, gather round, because we're doing kernel driver cleanup today and honestly? it's giving responsible adult energy. this one lives in the Kernel API Manual (section 9, the kernel-functions girlies), and no cap, it's a small page β but it matters. π
β¨ NAME β¨
atl1c_free_ring_resources β literally just Free Tx / RX descriptor Resources. that's it, that's the whole vibe. she frees things. π
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
void atl1c_free_ring_resources (struct atl1c_adapter *adapter );
yep, void β she returns nothing, she's not here to give you a report card, she's here to do the thing and dip. πΈ
π ARGUMENTS π
adapterβ the board private structure. like, the whole personality of the network adapter we're working with. hand her this and she knows exactly whose resources she's about to free. π«Ά
β DESCRIPTION β
okay so here's the tea: this function frees all transmit software resources.
that's the entire description, fr fr β no secret extra paragraph hiding in the back. she frees the Tx software resources, that's her job, she ate and left no crumbs. π₯
lowkey a moment of silence for the resources though π gone but never forgotten
π SEE ALSO π
bestie she is not alone in this file. here's the whole group chat:
- the kernel file she lives in:
./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.cποΈ atl1c_irq_enable(9)atl1c_irq_disable(9)atl1c_phy_config(9)atl1c_tx_timeout(9)atl1c_set_multi(9)atl1c_set_mac_addr(9)atl1c_change_mtu(9)atl1c_alloc_queues(9)atl1c_sw_init(9)atl1c_clean_tx_ring(9)atl1c_clean_rx_ring(9)atl1c_setup_ring_resources(9)atl1c_configure_mac(9)atl1c_get_stats(9)atl1c_intr(9)atl1c_clean_rx(9)atl1c_open(9)atl1c_close(9)atl1c_probe(9)atl1c_remove(9)atl1c_io_error_detected(9)atl1c_io_slot_reset(9)atl1c_io_resume(9)
not me listing all 23 of them like a roll call π but they're all iconic, they all deserve their moment, and yes she IS friends with atl1c_setup_ring_resources(9) β setup and free, the original duo, main character energy on both sides. π
β¨ cute sign-off β¨
and that's the page, bestie! π§ this little beauty comes to you from the kernel source tree at ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros... and it's dated October 2026 β so she's fresh, she's current, she's atl1c_free_ring_resources(9) and she said what she said. π
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π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms