ixgbe_txrx_ring_enable(9)

🌸 ixgbe_txrx_ring_enable(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this page is about ixgbe_txrx_ring_enable, and honestly? it's giving "small function, big responsibility." no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_txrx_ring_enable — Enable Rx/Tx/XDP Tx rings 🎀 that's it, that's the whole job. she turns rings on. iconic behavior.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

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

look at that signature. void return, meaning she doesn't report back — she just does it 💅 main character energy fr fr.

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• adapter — the adapter structure 🫶 like, the whole vibe of the device, passed in as struct ixgbe_adapter *.
• ring — the ring index 🔥 which ring we're enabling, as an int. you gotta tell her which one, she's not a mind reader.

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so what does she actually do? This function enables a certain Rx/Tx/XDP Tx ring. one ring. a specific one. that's the whole assignment and she ate ✨

💀 big caveat bestie, do not skip this one: the function assumes that the netdev is running. that's not a suggestion, that's a whole precondition. so like... vibe check your netdev first, okay? 🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up, the source, the mothership, the place where all of this actually lives:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c

and then... the guest list 😭 it's long. it's SO long. but we don't gatekeep here, so every single one of these gets its invite, exactly as written, no edits, no cap:

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_tx_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_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)

and yes, ixgbe_txrx_ring_disable(9) is right there at the end — she's the sister function, the off-switch to this on-switch 🧚 iykyk.

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and that's the page!! 🍓 mwah.

sign-off time: this lil beauty comes to you from the source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and she's dated October 2026 ⭐ so go forth, enable those rings, and remember — netdev running, or it's not happening 💅🫶