icssm_emac_ndo_open(9)

💖 icssm_emac_ndo_open(9) 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — this page is all about icssm_emac_ndo_open, and it’s literally the “open the EMAC device” moment. no cap, it’s a tiny page but it’s iconic.

✨ NAME ✨

icssm_emac_ndo_open — EMAC device open 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int icssm_emac_ndo_open (struct net_device *ndev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ndev — the network adapter device. that’s your network-device bestie right there 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Called when the system wants to start the interface. that’s it, that’s the vibe — the system says “go, bestie, start the interface,” and this function is on the case ✨

⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 for a successful open, or an appropriate error code. so yeah — <green>0</green> means slay, anything else is the error-code situation 😭

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssm/icssm_prueth.c
• icssm_emac_rx_irq(9)
• icssm_prueth_tx_enqueue(9)
• icssm_emac_rx_packet(9)
• icssm_emac_ndo_stop(9)
• icssm_emac_ndo_start_xmit(9)
• icssm_emac_ndo_get_stats64(9)
• icssm_emac_ndo_set_rx_mode(9)

mwah 💋 this cutie sign-off comes to you from the <pink>./drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssm</pink> source/version, dated `October 2026 — periodt. 🎀