e1000e_poll(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 e1000e_poll(9) — straight outta the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, buckle up, because today we're talking about <rainbow>e1000e_poll` — one of those little kernel functions that literally keeps your network card fed and happy. it's giving unsung hero energy, and i'm obsessed. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

e1000e_poll — the NAPI Rx polling callback. that's it, that's the whole vibe. receive-side polling, doing its thing. ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int e1000e_poll (struct napi_struct *napi , int budget );

look at her. concise. iconic. no notes. 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • napi — the struct that's associated with this polling callback. it's the little buddy that gets passed along so everybody knows whose poll this is.
  • budget — the number of packets the driver is allowed to process this poll. yes bestie, there's a limit, we're not out here processing infinite packets, that's not the move. 🙈

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

here's the whole extended friend group — enormous, extra, and honestly kind of iconic. all of them live in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c:

ngl that list ate and left absolutely no crumbs. 💀 ninety-ish cross-references and every single one of them matters. iykyk.

🌈 one last thing, bestie 🌈

this lil page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... and it's dated October 2026 — so like, future core memory vibes. ✨ that's the source, that's the version, that's the date, and honestly? she's iconic for it. 💖🎀🦋

periodt. go read a struct napi_struct and hydrate. 💜

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