pch_gbe_intr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 pch_gbe_intr(9) — like, the interrupt handler, bestie

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's about one tiny but iconic function: pch_gbe_intr. she's the one who answers when the hardware taps you on the shoulder. main character energy fr fr 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

pch_gbe_intr — the Interrupt Handler. that's it, that's the vibe. she handles interrupts. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

irqreturn_t pch_gbe_intr (int irq , void *data );

like, she takes an int and a void pointer and hands you back an irqreturn_t. no cap, that's the whole signature. 🎀

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • irq — the Interrupt number. yes babe, the actual number of the interrupt. the digits. the ID. 🔢
  • data — a Pointer to a network interface device structure. so it's pointing at the netdev situation. use it wisely bestie 🌸

✨ RETURN ✨

she gives you back one of exactly two things, and honestly? the dichotomy is serving:

  • IRQ_HANDLED — Our interrupt. yup, this one's ours, we're claiming it, it's giving main character 🔥
  • IRQ_NONE — Not our interrupt. not ours, not today, not our problem, moving on 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_main.c

and like… the whole friend group, literally the entire squad of pch_gbe functions, all here, all slaying ✨:

like, that's the whole group chat. everyone's invited. 🦋

ok that's the page bestie, go read the source file and stan an interrupt handler 💖

mwah 💋 this one came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/oki-sem..., dated October 2026, and that's the tea.

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