mpc52xx_fec_stop(9)

💅 mpc52xx_fec_stop(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so picture this: it's a kernel API manual page, the title is mpc52xx_fec_stop(9), and you're about to learn exactly what this little function does. no gatekeeping here, we're going through it together 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

mpc52xx_fec_stop —

and honestly? that's it. that's the whole name section. just the name, standing there looking iconic with a lil trailing dash like it's waiting for a description that never came. no cap, that's literally all it says 💀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void mpc52xx_fec_stop (struct net_device *dev , bool may_sleep );

she returns void, she takes two args, she's that girl ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the network device, like your network device bestie, the whole reason we're here 💖
• may_sleep — a bool that tells you whether the caller is allowed to sleep, e.g. to wait for tx drain. so basically: can we nap while waiting, or nah? 😴

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

stop all activity on fec and empty dma buffers. that's the assignment, and she executes it 💅 literally all activity, all of it, gone, and then the dma buffers get emptied out too. clean slate energy, main character behavior fr fr 🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_mpc52xx.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖
• mpc52xx_fec_hw_init(9)
• mpc52xx_fec_start(9)

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ok that's the whole page, you ate that 🍓 go forth and stop some fec activity, bestie

and that's a wrap! this lil page lives under ./drivers/net/ethernet/freescale, dated October 2026, and it's the mpc52xx_fec_stop(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — mwah, love that for us 💜🧚