gelic_net_setup_netdev(9)

💖 gelic_net_setup_netdev(9) — kernel API manual, but make it make sense 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for gelic_net_setup_netdev 🎀 this is the vibe: it's the glow-up artist for a net_device. literally sets it up and registers it. let's go ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

gelic_net_setup_netdev — initialization of net_device 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int gelic_net_setup_netdev (struct net_device *netdev , struct
       gelic_card *card );

like, yes, the line break in there is real, I'm not touching it, it's part of the lore 💅

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• netdev — the net_device structure, i.e. the main character of this whole function, honestly 👑
• card — the card structure. the supporting role. still important!! don't disrespect it 🙈

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so the contract here is super simple:

• returns 0 on success 🎉
• returns <0 on failure 😭

and gelic_ether_setup_netdev initializes the net_device structure and register it. that's it. that's the whole function. no cap 🔥

ngl it's doing two things in one sentence there — initializing and registering — so like, it's giving multitasking queen energy. periodt 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file to go read if you want the full lore:

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

and the whole friend group (yes, all of them, I'm not skipping a single one 🫶):

• 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_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_alloc_card_net(9)

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and that's the page!! 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶

signing off from ./drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba, dated October 2026 — mwah, go init some net_devices bestie, you're gonna slay 😭🔥👑