gelic_card_g...ext_tx_descr(9)
π gelic_card_get_next_tx_descr π
okay so this lil page comes straight out of the Kernel API Manual and it's honestly so much shorter than her siblings β she's giving "quiet friend in the group chat" energy. but bestie, she still ate, so let's get into it π«Ά
π NAME π
gelic_card_get_next_tx_descr β literally returns the next available tx descriptor β¨
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
struct gelic_descr * gelic_card_get_next_tx_descr (struct gelic_card
*card );
π ARGUMENTS π
cardβ the device structure you're pulling the descriptor out of. like, that's the whole vibe, she's your source π
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
so what she does is she hands you back the address of the next descriptor β iconic, no notes β or NULL if there's just nothing available rn π that's it. that's the whole function. short and sweet, periodt.
ngl bestie, you do have to check for that NULL, because she will not warn you, she will just hand it over π
π§ SEE ALSO π§
her home base, fr fr, lives in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c β the whole squad is right there:
gelic_descr_get_status(9)gelic_card_disable_txdmac(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_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)
and that's the whole page bestie!! π this one's stamped from ./drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba and dated October 2026 β so go forth, grab those descriptors, and slay responsibly 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