i40e_setup_tx_descriptors(9)

💖 i40e_setup_tx_descriptors(9) 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — yes, the big-boy kernel developer section. Sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let me tell you about the one function that gets your Tx ring its descriptors.

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✨ NAME ✨

i40e_setup_tx_descriptors — literally just allocate the Tx descriptors. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int i40e_setup_tx_descriptors (struct i40e_ring *tx_ring );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• tx_ring — the tx ring you're setting up, bestie. that's the one. the ring in question. 💅

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🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

So here's the tea ☕: this function does its thing and returns 0 on success, and a negative value on error. that's it, that's the whole description. no cap.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

bestie this list is long — i40e does not do things by halves, and honestly? iconic. go read these, iykyk 💜

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c, plus:

• i40e_fdir(9), i40e_program_fdir_filter(9), i40e_create_dummy_packet(9), i40e_create_dummy_udp_packet(9)
• i40e_create_dummy_tcp_packet(9), i40e_create_dummy_sctp_packet(9), i40e_prepare_fdir_filter(9), i40e_change_filter_num(9)
• i40e_add_del_fdir_udp(9), i40e_add_del_fdir_tcp(9), i40e_add_del_fdir_sctp(9), i40e_add_del_fdir_ip(9)
• i40e_add_del_fdir(9), i40e_fd_handle_status(9), i40e_unmap_and_free_tx_resource(9), i40e_clean_tx_ring(9)
• i40e_free_tx_resources(9), i40e_get_tx_pending(9), i40e_detect_recover_hung(9), i40e_clean_tx_irq(9)
• i40e_enable_wb_on_itr(9), i40e_force_wb(9), i40e_update_itr(9), i40e_reuse_rx_page(9)
• i40e_clean_programming_status(9), i40e_clean_rx_ring(9), i40e_free_rx_resources(9), i40e_setup_rx_descriptors(9)
• i40e_release_rx_desc(9), i40e_alloc_mapped_page(9), i40e_alloc_rx_buffers(9), i40e_rx_checksum(9)
• i40e_rx_hash(9), i40e_process_skb_fields(9), i40e_cleanup_headers(9), i40e_can_reuse_rx_page(9)
• i40e_rx_buffer_flip(9), i40e_get_rx_buffer(9), i40e_put_rx_buffer(9), i40e_process_rx_buffs(9)
• i40e_construct_skb(9), i40e_build_skb(9), i40e_is_non_eop(9), i40e_run_xdp(9)
• i40e_xdp_ring_update_tail(9), i40e_update_rx_stats(9), i40e_finalize_xdp_rx(9), i40e_inc_ntp(9)
• i40e_add_xdp_frag(9), i40e_consume_xdp_buff(9), i40e_clean_rx_irq(9), i40e_buildreg_itr(9)
• i40e_update_enable_itr(9), i40e_napi_poll(9), i40e_atr(9), i40e_tx_prepare_vlan_flags(9)
• i40e_tso(9), i40e_tsyn(9), i40e_tx_enable_csum(9), i40e_create_tx_ctx(9)
• __i40e_maybe_stop_tx(9), __i40e_chk_linearize(9), i40e_tx_map(9), i40e_xmit_xdp_ring(9)
• i40e_xmit_frame_ring(9), i40e_lan_xmit_frame(9), i40e_xdp_xmit(9)

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fr fr the whole i40e family is in here. a whole squad. main character energy for a driver, honestly. 🌈

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and that's the page, bestie!! 🫶 this one came straight outta ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026 — so like, remember us when the future gets here 💀✨ slay. 💅