emac_dev_getnetstats(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 emac_dev_getnetstats — like, the EMAC stats grabber, bestie

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (that's the manual name, putting it up top so you're not lost 🫶) and it's all about one lil function that pulls network statistics out of a DaVinci EMAC adapter. Let's get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

emac_dev_getnetstats — the EMAC get-statistics function, no cap 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct net_device_stats * emac_dev_getnetstats (struct net_device *ndev
);

like yes, that's the whole signature, she's not complicated 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • ndev — bestie this is literally the DaVinci EMAC network adapter. that's the one. the adapter in question. 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So this gets called whenever the system is like "hey, give me the stats from this device" 👀 — that's the whole vibe check.

And then we hand the statistics back inside a net_device_stats structure, pulled straight from emac. that's it, that's the whole function, she ate and left no crumbs 🍓

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

First up, the kernel file herself:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c

and then the whole friend group, all of them, not skipping a single one 😤:

and that's the page, bestie!! mwah 💋 this one lives over in <code>./drivers/net/ethernet/ti</code> and it's dated <strong>October 2026</strong> — so yeah, she's from the future, iconic behavior honestly 👑✨

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