ixgbe_txrx_ring_disable(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 NAME

ixgbe_txrx_ring_disable — bestie, this one disables the Rx / Tx / XDP Tx rings 💖

(pssst, it's from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and the whole page is literally named after the function ixgbe_txrx_ring_disable(9) — ok now we can cook ✨)

🦋 SYNOPSIS

void ixgbe_txrx_ring_disable (struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter , int ring );

That's it. That's the whole signature. Short king 👑 ngl it looks tiny but it Does Things.

🎀 ARGUMENTS

  • adapter — the adapter structure, aka the whole vibe container for your NIC 🫶 you hand it over and it knows which device we're talking about.
  • ring — the ring index 🔥 just a number, telling the function which ring we're clocking out for the day.

⭐ DESCRIPTION

Okay so picture this: this function disables a certain Rx/Tx/XDP Tx ring 💀 literally, it takes one ring — just one, not all of them, not a group, ONE — and turns it off. Rx? off. Tx? off. XDP Tx? off. Whatever ring you point at, it's getting unplugged 🌸

⚠️ Important caveat before you run off and call this: the function assumes that the netdev is running. That's the whole prerequisite, no cap. It's not out here checking for you — you better have a live, up-and-running netdev when you call it 🙈

🧚 SEE ALSO

The kernel file holding all this magic lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c — tell the source, not me 💅

And bestie, the friend group on this one is huge — like a full group chat of ixgbe functions, and every single one is getting their mention because we don't leave anyone on read 🫶

And that's the whole page, bestie — ring disabled, netdev assumed running, no further notes 🎀

This little number comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yeah, it's truncated in the footer, that's just how it do 💀) and it's dated October 2026 ✨ so it's basically from the future. Signed, sealed, delivered by ixgbe_txrx_ring_disable(9) — mwah 💋

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