sge_rx(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is sge_rx(9) from the Kernel API Manual — manual name folded in right here like a cute little bow 🎀. and sge_rx is literally: process an ingress ethernet packet. that’s the whole NAME vibe, no cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is giving “short but mighty,” and you gotta keep it exactly like this:

void sge_rx (struct sge *sge , struct freelQ *fl , unsigned int len );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• sge — the sge structure. that’s it, bestie, that’s the whole description.
• fl — the free list that contains the packet buffer. iconic packet-buffer container energy 🫶
• len — the packet length. yes, the actual length, not a vibe check.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what does it do? it processes an ingress ethernet packet and delivers it to the stack. literally that. no extra steps described here, no hidden lore, just packet in → stack. I’m obsessed with how direct it is. ✨

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb/sge.c
• recycle_fl_buf(9), get_packet(9), and unexpected_offload(9) — the whole friend group, fr fr.

okay that’s the page, bestie 🫶 the footer’s source/version bit is ./drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio..., the date is October 2026, and this page signs off as sge_rx(9). mwah 💋