ixgbe_free_tx_resources(9)

💅 ixgbe_free_tx_resources(9) — the Kernel API Manual page, bestie edition 🎀

Okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the page for ixgbe_free_tx_resources(9). It's a short one, but it's lowkey important — it's the cleanup girlie of the ixgbe Tx world. 🧹✨

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_free_tx_resources — Free Tx Resources per Queue 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ixgbe_free_tx_resources (struct ixgbe_ring *tx_ring );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• tx_ring — the Tx descriptor ring for one specific queue 🎀

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

It frees all the transmit software resources. That's the whole gig. She cleans up, she frees the stuff, she leaves. No cap. 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

The kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c — go say hi if you want the full lore, iykyk. 💅

And here's the whole squad of related pages, all present and accounted for (yes, all of them, I would never skip a single one 🫶):

ixgbe_pcie_from_parent(9), ixgbe_read_reg(9), ixgbe_set_ivar(9),
ixgbe_get_vf_idx(9), ixgbe_tx_timeout_reset(9), ixgbe_tx_maxrate(9),
ixgbe_update_tx_ring_stats(9), ixgbe_update_rx_ring_stats(9),
ixgbe_pf_handle_tx_hang(9), ixgbe_vf_handle_tx_hang(9),
ixgbe_check_illegal_queue(9), ixgbe_handle_mdd_event(9),
ixgbe_clean_tx_irq(9), ixgbe_rx_is_fcoe(9), ixgbe_rx_checksum(9),
ixgbe_alloc_rx_buffers(9), ixgbe_process_skb_fields(9),
ixgbe_is_non_eop(9), ixgbe_pull_tail(9), ixgbe_dma_sync_frag(9),
ixgbe_cleanup_headers(9), ixgbe_reuse_rx_page(9), ixgbe_add_rx_frag(9),
ixgbe_clean_rx_irq(9), ixgbe_configure_msix(9), ixgbe_update_itr(9),
ixgbe_write_eitr(9), ixgbe_check_overtemp_subtask(9),
ixgbe_check_phy_fw_load(9), ixgbe_check_module_power(9),
ixgbe_check_link_cfg_err(9), ixgbe_process_link_status_event(9),
ixgbe_handle_link_status_event(9), ixgbe_schedule_fw_event(9),
ixgbe_aci_event_cleanup(9), ixgbe_handle_fw_event(9),
ixgbe_irq_enable(9), ixgbe_poll(9), ixgbe_request_msix_irqs(9),
ixgbe_intr(9), ixgbe_request_irq(9), ixgbe_irq_disable(9),
ixgbe_configure_msi_and_legacy(9), ixgbe_configure_tx_ring(9),
ixgbe_configure_tx(9), ixgbe_rss_indir_tbl_entries(9),
ixgbe_store_key(9), ixgbe_init_rss_key(9), ixgbe_store_reta(9),
ixgbe_store_vfreta(9), ixgbe_configure_rscctl(9), ixgbe_configure_rx(9),
ixgbe_vlan_strip_disable(9), ixgbe_vlan_strip_enable(9),
ixgbe_write_mc_addr_list(9), ixgbe_set_rx_mode(9),
ixgbe_configure_dcb(9), ixgbe_hpbthresh(9), ixgbe_lpbthresh(9),
ixgbe_clean_rx_ring(9), ixgbe_enable_link_status_events(9),
ixgbe_disable_link_status_events(9), ixgbe_sfp_link_config(9),
ixgbe_non_sfp_link_config(9), ixgbe_check_media_subtask(9),
ixgbe_clear_vf_stats_counters(9), ixgbe_clean_tx_ring(9),
ixgbe_clean_all_rx_rings(9), ixgbe_clean_all_tx_rings(9),
ixgbe_set_eee_capable(9), ixgbe_tx_timeout(9), ixgbe_sw_init(9),
ixgbe_setup_tx_resources(9), ixgbe_setup_all_tx_resources(9),
ixgbe_setup_rx_resources(9), ixgbe_setup_all_rx_resources(9),
ixgbe_free_all_tx_resources(9), ixgbe_free_rx_resources(9),
ixgbe_free_all_rx_resources(9), ixgbe_max_xdp_frame_size(9),
ixgbe_change_mtu(9), ixgbe_open(9), ixgbe_close(9),
ixgbe_update_stats(9), ixgbe_fdir_reinit_subtask(9),
ixgbe_check_hang_subtask(9), ixgbe_watchdog_update_link(9),
ixgbe_watchdog_link_is_up(9), ixgbe_watchdog_link_is_down(9),
ixgbe_watchdog_flush_tx(9), ixgbe_watchdog_subtask(9),
ixgbe_sfp_detection_subtask(9), ixgbe_sfp_link_config_subtask(9),
ixgbe_service_timer(9), ixgbe_check_fw_error(9), ixgbe_service_task(9),
ixgbe_set_mac(9), ixgbe_add_sanmac_netdev(9),
ixgbe_del_sanmac_netdev(9), ixgbe_validate_rtr(9),
ixgbe_set_prio_tc_map(9), ixgbe_setup_tc(9),
ixgbe_configure_bridge_mode(9), ixgbe_irq_disable_single(9),
ixgbe_txrx_ring_disable(9), ixgbe_txrx_ring_enable(9),
ixgbe_enumerate_functions(9), ixgbe_wol_supported(9),
ixgbe_set_fw_version_e610(9), ixgbe_set_fw_version(9),
ixgbe_recovery_probe(9), ixgbe_probe(9), ixgbe_remove(9),
ixgbe_io_error_detected(9), ixgbe_io_slot_reset(9), ixgbe_io_resume(9),
ixgbe_init_module(9), ixgbe_exit_module(9)

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That's the whole page, bestie — short and sweet, just like a good cleanup function should be. 🌈⭐

Sign-off time! This lil page is sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, she's from the future, main character energy fr fr. 💀👑 See you in the next one! 🍓🧚💜