icssm_emac_ndo_start_xmit(9)

💅 icssm_emac_ndo_start_xmit(9) 💅

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about icssm_emac_ndo_start_xmit — the EMAC Transmit function. yes it's a long name. no we're not shortening it. periodt.

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✨ NAME ✨

icssm_emac_ndo_start_xmit — literally the EMAC Transmit function, that's the whole vibe 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

enum netdev_tx icssm_emac_ndo_start_xmit (struct sk_buff *skb , struct
net_device *ndev );

look at that signature. it's giving "i take two pointers and i return an enum". iconic.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• skb — SKB pointer 💖 (yes, that's the whole description. short and mysterious. main character energy.)
• ndev — the EMAC network adapter 🌈

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the system calls this function when it wants to transmit a packet, right? and what we do is — we queue the packet in the EMAC hardware transmit queue. that's it. that's the whole job. we hand it off to the hardware and let it cook 🔥

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns enum netdev_tx 💀 that's all it says. no further explanation. mysterious. i respect it.

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👑 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_open(9)
• icssm_emac_ndo_stop(9)
• icssm_emac_ndo_get_stats64(9)
• icssm_emac_ndo_set_rx_mode(9)

go read those too bestie, they're all right there in ./drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssm 🧚💜

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and that's the whole page!! this lil cutie is from ./drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssm, dated October 2026, and it lives in the Kernel API Manual fr fr. mwah 💋 go write some drivers 🦋✨🎀