ice_diag_send(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 NAME — ice_diag_send(9)

okay so bestie, this is ice_diag_send(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and the name is literally send test frames to the test ring. it's lowkey the friend who handles test-ring business. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's the signature, exactly as it appears:

int ice_diag_send (struct ice_tx_ring *tx_ring , u8 *data , u16 size );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • tx_ring — pointer to the transmit ring. yes, the Tx ring. main character energy. ✨
  • data — pointer to the raw packet data.
  • size — size of the packet to send.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Function sends loopback packets on a test Tx ring. that's it — no extra lore, no secret side quest. it's loopback packets on a test Tx ring, periodt. 🫶

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c — yes, that's the file. and here's the see-also group chat, every single one, no skips:

that's the whole page, bestie 💖 source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice · date: October 2026 · manual page: ice_diag_send(9). mwah 🎀

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