atl1e_sw_init(9)

💫 atl1e_sw_init(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 💫

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and we're talking about atl1e_sw_init(9) — yes the whole function, yes we're doing this, and yes it's gonna slay. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

atl1e_sw_init — literally the function that initializes the general software structures (the struct atl1e_adapter, if we're being specific, and we ARE being specific 💅).

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int atl1e_sw_init (struct atl1e_adapter *adapter );

like. look at her. she takes one pointer and she returns an int. iconic behavior tbh.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• adapter — the board private structure that we're about to initialize. that's the one, that's the girl. 🦋

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so atl1e_sw_init initializes the Adapter private data structure. that's the whole vibe. ✨

the fields get initialized based on, and I quote the facts and only the facts:

• PCI device information — the PCI device info, no cap
• OS network device settings (specifically the MTU size) — the OS network device settings, MTU size included

so yeah, it's giving "set up the private struct using what the PCI layer told us and what the OS thinks the MTU is." main character energy for a setup function ngl. 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay bestie, brace yourself, this list is long and honestly kind of gorgeous. every single one of these, coming right up:

• the Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c
• 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_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_close(9)
• atl1e_probe(9)
• atl1e_remove(9)
• atl1e_io_error_detected(9)
• atl1e_io_slot_reset(9)
• atl1e_io_resume(9)

that's the whole friend group and they all ate. 🔥

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🫶 okay that's the page!! shoutout to ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros... for the source, and the version/date is October 2026, so like, future-coded but make it atl1e_sw_init(9). byeee 💖💅🧚