gelic_descr_prepare_tx(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the gelic_descr_prepare_tx(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — this function is literally about setting up a descriptor for sending packets 💅✨

✨ NAME ✨

gelic_descr_prepare_tx — setup a descriptor for sending packets 💌

💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

bestie, here's the signature, copy it exactly no cap:

int gelic_descr_prepare_tx (struct gelic_card *card , struct gelic_descr
*descr , struct sk_buff *skb );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• card — card structure 💳
• descr — descriptor structure 📝
• skb — packet to use 📦

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the function returns 0 on success and <0 on failure — that's the whole description, periodt 😭💖

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

first up, the kernel file is literally ./drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c — go look 👀

and the whole friend group, in this exact order:

• 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_card_get_next_tx_descr(9)
• gelic_descr_set_tx_cmdstat(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)

mwah 💋 this page is from ./drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba, dated October 2026, and it's the gelic_descr_prepare_tx(9) manual page — bye bestie, go prep those tx descriptors 🫶✨