ei_receive(9)

💖 ei_receive — girl help, there are packets 💖

okay so bestie, you're in the ei_receive(9) page of the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? this one's short and sweet. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ei_receive — receive some packets

like, literally. that's the whole job. packets come in, you go get 'em 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ei_receive (struct net_device *dev );

no cap, that's the entire signature. she's void, she takes one arg, she does the thing ✨

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• dev — the network device that receive is gonna be run with. that's your main character right there 👑

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so picture this: we have a good packet (or, like, several — packet*s*, plural, icon behavior 🫶). the whole vibe of this function is getting it/them out of the buffers. that's it. that's the assignment.

lowkey important detail tho: this is called with the lock held 🔒 so like, whoever's calling you better already be holding it. don't come in here unlocked, that's not the vibe. periodt.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/8390/lib8390.c
• ei_tx_err(9)
• ei_tx_intr(9)
• ei_rx_overrun(9)
• do_set_multicast_list(9)
• ethdev_setup(9)

go read those too bestie, they're all in the same friend group fr fr 💀✨

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ngl this page lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/8390 and it's dated October 2026 — and yes, it's also known as ei_receive(9), we love a consistent queen 💅👑🦋

that's the whole page, hope it ate 🌸💖🎀