i40e_xmit_frame_ring(9)

💅 i40e_xmit_frame_ring(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for i40e_xmit_frame_ring(9). grab a strawberry drink 🍓 and let's get into it, because this one is short but it's important.

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✨ NAME ✨

i40e_xmit_frame_ring — literally just sends a buffer on the Tx ring. that's the whole vibe. 💫

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

netdev_tx_t i40e_xmit_frame_ring (struct sk_buff *skb , struct i40e_ring
*tx_ring );

copy it exactly like that, no cap — the signature is the signature, we don't freestyle it. 🔥

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• skb — the send buffer. the package. the whole point. 📦
• tx_ring — the ring you're sending that buffer on. the destination. the runway. ✈️

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

the glow-up of this whole function is honestly so simple: it returns NETDEV_TX_OK if the thing got sent. and if it didn't? it returns an error code instead. that's it. that's the entire personality. 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives right here: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c — and honestly the friend group around this function is huge, so let's do a roll call 🫶:

• 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_setup_tx_descriptors(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_lan_xmit_frame(9)
• i40e_xdp_xmit(9)

like… it's giving entire friend group in one manpage. iykyk 😭💖

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aaand that's the page, bestie! this icon of a manual came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026 — mwah, sending you love from the kernel 💜🧚‍♀️✨