i40e_clear_...ueue_context(9)

💅 i40e_clear_lan_tx_queue_context — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and the header on it literally reads i40e_clear_...ueue_context(9) — yes bestie, the title got cut off, that's just how it shipped, we move 💀. The actual function is i40e_clear_lan_tx_queue_context, and we're gonna talk about her.

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✨ NAME ✨

i40e_clear_lan_tx_queue_context — clear the HMC context for the queue 🧹

That's it. That's the whole job. She clears the HMC context. For the queue. Iconic, focused, no notes.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int i40e_clear_lan_tx_queue_context (struct i40e_hw *hw , u16 queue );

return type is int, two args, hw and queue, that's the whole vibe 🫶

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• hw — the hardware struct. this is your hardware, bestie, she lives here ✨
• queue — the queue we care about 👑 like, specifically this one, that's the one getting cleared

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

no cap, there is a whole friend group here. every single one of these is linked, so let's give them their moment 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_lan_hmc.c — that's where she lives, that's her home address 🏠
• i40e_align_l2obj_base(9)
• i40e_calculate_l2fpm_size(9)
• i40e_init_lan_hmc(9)
• i40e_remove_pd_page(9)
• i40e_remove_sd_bp(9)
• i40e_create_lan_hmc_object(9)
• i40e_configure_lan_hmc(9)
• i40e_delete_lan_hmc_object(9)
• i40e_shutdown_lan_hmc(9)
• i40e_write_byte(9)
• i40e_write_word(9)
• i40e_write_dword(9)
• i40e_write_qword(9)
• i40e_clear_hmc_context(9)
• i40e_set_hmc_context(9)
• i40e_hmc_get_object_va(9)
• i40e_set_lan_tx_queue_context(9)
• i40e_clear_lan_rx_queue_context(9)
• i40e_set_lan_rx_queue_context(9)

and honestly? the set/clear symmetry between i40e_set_lan_tx_queue_context(9) and i40e_clear_lan_tx_queue_context(9) is chef's kiss — she sets, she clears, she slays 🔥

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🩷 a lil sign-off 🩷

this page comes to you straight from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026, under the manual name Kernel API Manual, with the truncated title i40e_clear_...ueue_context(9) up top. that's the tea, go touch some registers, ily 💖🧚