bdx_rx_free(9)
π bdx_rx_free β like, the Rx teardown era
okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie, and it's all about bdx_rx_free(9). Buckle up π
β¨ NAME β¨
bdx_rx_free β releases, like, all the Rx resources. every last one. periodt π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
void bdx_rx_free (struct bdx_priv *priv );
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
privβ the NIC private structure π«Ά that's the whole personality of the arg, ngl
π DESCRIPTION π
So the way this works: it assumes that Rx is disabled in HW already. Like, that's the vibe check it does not do for you β you gotta show up with Rx already off in the hardware, no cap. π₯
π SEE ALSO π
Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/tehuti/tehuti.c β plus the whole friend group of functions that come with it, fr fr:
bdx_fifo_init(9)bdx_fifo_free(9)bdx_link_changed(9)bdx_isr_napi(9)bdx_fw_load(9)bdx_hw_start(9)bdx_close(9)bdx_open(9)__bdx_vlan_rx_vid(9)bdx_vlan_rx_add_vid(9)bdx_vlan_rx_kill_vid(9)bdx_change_mtu(9)bdx_rx_init(9)bdx_rx_free_skbs(9)bdx_rx_alloc_skbs(9)bdx_rx_receive(9)__bdx_tx_db_ptr_next(9)bdx_tx_db_inc_rptr(9)bdx_tx_db_inc_wptr(9)bdx_tx_db_init(9)bdx_tx_db_close(9)bdx_tx_map_skb(9)bdx_tx_space(9)bdx_tx_transmit(9)bdx_tx_cleanup(9)bdx_tx_free_skbs(9)bdx_tx_push_desc(9)bdx_tx_push_desc_safe(9)bdx_probe(9)bdx_remove(9)
that's the whole thing, bestie β stay hydrated, free your Rx resources responsibly π
signed off from ./drivers/net/ethernet/tehuti, dated October 2026 β iconic behavior honestly πβ¨
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