gelic_card_disable_txdmac(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is gelic_card_disable_txdmac(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it does exactly one little thing: it disables the transmit DMA controller. that's it. that's the whole vibe. a little shutdown moment ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void gelic_card_disable_txdmac (struct gelic_card *card );

no return value, no drama, just vibes and a pointer 🫶

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• card — the card structure 💳 like, the whole device situation. that's what you're handing over.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so gelic_card_disable_txdmac terminates processing on the DMA controller — the way it does that is by turning off DMA and issuing a force end. and that's it, she's done, the transmit DMA controller is officially off duty 💅 periodt.

think of it as the "okay we're closed, everyone out" of the TX side of things. no lingering, no half-finished business — force end, right there in the description, iconic behavior ngl 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file lives right here, no cap:

./drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c

and here's the whole friend group — every single one of these is (9) and every single one matters:

• gelic_descr_get_status(9)
• gelic_card_enable_rxdmac(9)
• gelic_card_disable_rxdmac(9)
• gelic_descr_set_status(9)
• gelic_card_reset_chain(9)
• gelic_card_free_chain(9)
• gelic_card_init_chain(9)
• gelic_descr_prepare_rx(9)
• gelic_card_release_rx_chain(9)
• gelic_card_fill_rx_chain(9)
• gelic_card_alloc_rx_skbs(9)
• gelic_descr_release_tx(9)
• gelic_card_release_tx_chain(9)
• gelic_net_set_multi(9)
• gelic_net_stop(9)
• gelic_card_get_next_tx_descr(9)
• gelic_descr_set_tx_cmdstat(9)
• gelic_descr_prepare_tx(9)
• gelic_card_kick_txdma(9)
• gelic_net_xmit(9)
• gelic_net_pass_skb_up(9)
• gelic_card_decode_one_descr(9)
• gelic_net_poll(9)
• gelic_net_poll_controller(9)
• gelic_net_open(9)
• gelic_net_tx_timeout_task(9)
• gelic_net_tx_timeout(9)
• gelic_ether_setup_netdev_ops(9)
• gelic_net_setup_netdev(9)
• gelic_alloc_card_net(9)

notice how gelic_card_kick_txdma(9) is the literal opposite of this page?? she kicks it, we shut it down, it's giving main character vs main character energy 💀 iykyk

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okay that's the whole page bestie, love that for us 💜 this little beauty comes from the ./drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba corner of the kernel, dated October 2026, and it's filed under gelic_card_disable_txdmac(9) — go forth and disable responsibly 🧚‍♀️✨