ixgbe_dcb_co...rbiter_82598(9)

💅 ixgbe_dcb_config_tx_desc_arbiter_82598(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual bestie ✨

okay so this page is literally from the Kernel API Manual, and the whole thing is about ixgbe_dcb_config_tx_desc_arbiter_82598. yes the title gets chopped to ixgbe_dcb_co...rbiter_82598(9) at the top of the page, that's just how it renders, the real name is the long one, don't panic 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_dcb_config_tx_desc_arbiter_82598 — Config Tx Desc. arbiter. that's it, that's the whole name. she's an arbiter, she's for Tx Desc., she's 82598-coded 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_dcb_config_tx_desc_arbiter_82598 (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u16 *refill , u16 *max , u8 *bwg_id , u8 *prio_type );

like, it returns an int, and it takes five things. five! we love a five-argument moment 💖

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to hardware structure. that's your hardware bestie, the whole struct, right there 🦋
• refill — refill credits index by traffic class. indexed by traffic class, so each class gets its own lil refill credit index 💫
• max — max credits index by traffic class. same deal, but the max credits, also indexed by traffic class ⭐
• bwg_id — bandwidth grouping indexed by traffic class. yup, bandwidth grouping, and yup, indexed by traffic class 🌈
• prio_type — priority type indexed by traffic class. the priority type, ALSO indexed by traffic class, we're sensing a theme here 💀

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Configure Tx Descriptor Arbiter and credits for each traffic class. that's the whole vibe, no cap. you're setting up the Tx Descriptor Arbiter and the credits, per traffic class, and it's giving very much "yes I do exactly what my name says" main character energy 👑

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_82598.c — the actual source, go read her, iykyk 📂
• ixgbe_dcb_config_rx_arbiter_82598(9) — the rx sibling, obviously 💜
• ixgbe_dcb_config_tx_data_arbiter_82598(9) — tx data arbiter, also a sibling 🧚
• ixgbe_dcb_config_pfc_82598(9) — pfc config, come on ✨
• ixgbe_dcb_config_tc_stats_82598(9) — tc stats, iconic 🍓
• ixgbe_dcb_hw_config_82598(9) — the big hw config one, the parent friend of the group 🎀

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ok real talk, lowkey none of these are optional reading, they're all in the same friend group, so go say hi to all six of them 🫶

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🌟 sign-off 🌟

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