atl1c_sw_init(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 atl1c_sw_init — like, the manual page bestie 💖

okay so this is atl1c_sw_init(9), straight outta the Kernel API Manual, and we're gonna get you so comfy with it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

atl1c_sw_init — the function that initializes all the general software structures for struct atl1c_adapter. it's giving "setting up the whole vibe before the party starts" 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int atl1c_sw_init (struct atl1c_adapter *adapter );

like, it returns an int, and it takes exactly one thing: a pointer to your atl1c_adapter. that's it, that's the whole signature, no cap 🔥

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • adapter — the board's private structure that we're gonna initialize. this is your adapter, bestie, the one you're handing over to get all set up 🦋

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

so atl1c_sw_init initializes the Adapter private data structure. iconic behavior, honestly 👑

the fields get initialized based on PCI device information and on the OS network device settings — and yeah, that includes the MTU size, which is lowkey important so don't sleep on it 🧚

that's the whole deal: it takes the private adapter struct and fills in its fields using what the PCI device tells us plus what the OS network device settings say. simple, clean, main character energy ⭐

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives right here:

./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c

and here's the whole friend group — every single one of these cuties, fr fr 💜

ngl bestie, this one's a short read — mostly it's just "init the struct, use PCI info + MTU, bye" 😭 but now you know it, and knowing it is half the battle 💀✨

and that's a wrap, gorgeous 🎀 this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros..., dated October 2026, and it'll always be atl1c_sw_init(9) to us — slay, go init something 💖

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