octep_enable_msix_range(9)
π octep_enable_msix_range β¨
okay bestie, so this one's from the Kernel API Manual, and it's genuinely iconic β it's the little function that turns on all the interrupts. no cap.
πΈ NAME πΈ
octep_enable_msix_range β enable MSI-x interrupts. that's it. that's the whole vibe. π
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
int octep_enable_msix_range (struct octep_device *oct );
like, exact characters, copy-paste it, don't come for me about the spacing π
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
octβ the Octeon device private data structure. it's your whole device's lore, its little diary, and we're handing it over. π«Ά
π DESCRIPTION π
so what this does: it allocates and enables all the MSI-x interrupts for the Octeon device. and when we say all, we mean all β the queue interrupts AND the non-queue interrupts. both categories. the full set. periodt. π₯
it's giving "one function to rule them all" energy, lowkey. main character function, honestly. π
π RETURN π
0β slay! it successfully enabled all the MSI-x interrupts. every single one. π-1β not slay π. it failed to enable any MSI-x interrupt.
heads up bestie: the failure case is about not being able to enable any interrupt. so0= all good,-1= bad vibes only. π
π SEE ALSO π
first up, the kernel file this lives in:
./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
and now the full squad β literally the entire friend group, all of them, no skips, no cuts:
octep_alloc_ioq_vectors(9)octep_free_ioq_vectors(9)octep_disable_msix(9)octep_mbox_intr_handler(9)octep_oei_intr_handler(9)octep_ire_intr_handler(9)octep_ore_intr_handler(9)octep_vfire_intr_handler(9)octep_vfore_intr_handler(9)octep_dma_intr_handler(9)octep_dma_vf_intr_handler(9)octep_pp_vf_intr_handler(9)octep_misc_intr_handler(9)octep_rsvd_intr_handler(9)octep_ioq_intr_handler(9)octep_request_irqs(9)octep_free_irqs(9)octep_setup_irqs(9)octep_clean_irqs(9)octep_update_pkt(9)octep_enable_ioq_irq(9)octep_napi_poll(9)octep_napi_add(9)octep_napi_delete(9)octep_napi_enable(9)octep_napi_disable(9)octep_open(9)octep_stop(9)octep_iq_full_check(9)octep_start_xmit(9)octep_get_stats64(9)octep_tx_timeout_task(9)octep_tx_timeout(9)octep_intr_poll_task(9)octep_hb_timeout_task(9)octep_ctrl_mbox_task(9)octep_device_setup(9)octep_device_cleanup(9)octep_probe(9)octep_remove(9)octep_init_module(9)octep_exit_module(9)
like, that's the whole contact list. iykyk. ππ«
okay and obligatory cute sign-off: this beauty ships from ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell... and the date on it is October 2026 ποΈβ¨ so go forth, enable your MSI-x range, and be the icon you were born to be. mwah. ππ§π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms