octep_setup_irqs(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ octep_setup_irqs ✨

okay bestie so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally all about octep_setup_irqs β€” the little function that gets your Octeon device's interrupts all set up and glowing πŸ’…


🌸 NAME 🌸

octep_setup_irqs β€” setup interrupts for the Octeon device. that's it, that's the vibe πŸŽ€


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

int octep_setup_irqs (struct octep_device *oct );

πŸ’– ARGUMENTS πŸ’–

  • oct β€” the Octeon device private data structure. like, the device's whole personality lives in here 🫢

πŸ”₯ DESCRIPTION πŸ”₯

okay so here's what actually goes down, no cap:

  • it allocates the data structures that hold all the per-interrupt info ✨
  • it allocates and enables the MSI-x interrupt πŸ”₯
  • and it registers the interrupt handlers, so everything's wired up and ready to go πŸ‘‘

it's giving "getting the whole squad ready for the party" energy, fr fr πŸ’€


⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 β€” slay! returned on successful allocation and registration of all the interrupts πŸ’š
  • -1 β€” oop πŸ™ˆ returned on any error
ngl bestie, it's all-or-nothing here β€” if anything goes sideways you get -1, not a partial success situation 😭

πŸ‘‘ SEE ALSO πŸ‘‘

the kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c

and the whole extended friend group, in order:

octep_alloc_ioq_vectors(9), octep_free_ioq_vectors(9), octep_enable_msix_range(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_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)


πŸ’œ mwah, that's the whole page! this cutie came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell... and it's dated October 2026 β€” go read it again sometime, bestie πŸ§šβ€β™€οΈβœ¨

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