ngbe_close(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for ngbe_close(9) — the kernel function that disables a network interface. it's giving "shutdown era" and honestly it's iconic 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ngbe_close (struct net_device *netdev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• netdev — the network interface device structure 🫶 that's the whole vibe, literally the device we're closing out.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So this function returns 0, and bestie, that's not a suggestion — it is not allowed to fail. no cap. zero is the only outcome and we respect that about her 👑

The close entry point gets called when an interface is de-activated by the OS. at that point the hardware is still under the driver's control, but it needs to be disabled. so what happens? a global MAC reset is issued to stop the hardware, and all transmit and receive resources are freed. clean, dramatic, effective. periodt 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/ngbe/ngbe_main.c — yes, that's the spot 🧚

• ngbe_init_type_code(9)
• ngbe_sw_init(9)
• ngbe_service_task(9)
• ngbe_irq_enable(9)
• ngbe_intr(9)
• ngbe_request_msix_irqs(9)
• ngbe_request_irq(9)
• ngbe_open(9)
• ngbe_setup_tc(9)
• ngbe_probe(9)
• ngbe_remove(9)

okay final sign-off bestie: this little masterpiece comes from the source/version line ./drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun... and it's dated October 2026 🌸💖 go off, kernel docs 🎀✨