atl1e_close(9)

✨ atl1e_close — the kernel API tea 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to atl1e_close(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is the little function that shuts it all down and honestly? it's giving responsible queen energy. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int atl1e_close (struct net_device *netdev );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• netdev — the network interface device structure, aka the whole vibe of the NIC you're about to put to sleep 😴

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here's the deal: atl1e_close returns 0, and that's fr fr the only option, because it is not allowed to fail. no cap. 🫶

This is the close entry point — the OS calls it when an interface gets de-activated. And like… the hardware is still under the driver's control at that point, which is lowkey important, but it needs to be disabled. So what happens?

• a global MAC reset gets issued to stop the hardware, and
• every single transmit and receive resource is freed. all of them. periodt. 🔥

it's a whole clean-up-the-group-chat moment, iconic honestly. ✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

this is the friend group, and yes, they all get along 🥰

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c, plus:

• atl1e_irq_enable(9)
• atl1e_irq_disable(9)
• atl1e_irq_reset(9)
• atl1e_phy_config(9)
• atl1e_link_chg_task(9)
• atl1e_tx_timeout(9)
• atl1e_set_multi(9)
• atl1e_set_mac_addr(9)
• atl1e_change_mtu(9)
• atl1e_alloc_queues(9)
• atl1e_sw_init(9)
• atl1e_clean_tx_ring(9)
• atl1e_clean_rx_ring(9)
• atl1e_free_ring_resources(9)
• atl1e_setup_ring_resources(9)
• atl1e_configure(9)
• atl1e_get_stats(9)
• atl1e_intr(9)
• atl1e_clean(9)
• atl1e_open(9)
• atl1e_probe(9)
• atl1e_remove(9)
• atl1e_io_error_detected(9)
• atl1e_io_slot_reset(9)
• atl1e_io_resume(9)

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mwah 💋 this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros..., dated October 2026, and it's filed under atl1e_close(9). go off, kernel docs, you ate. 🌈⭐