sis900_init_tx_ring(9)

💅 NAME 💅

sis900_init_tx_ring — okay so this one literally initializes the Tx descriptor ring ✨ that's the whole vibe, that's the whole function 🎀

(also hi bestie, you're reading the Kernel API Manual page for it, welcome 🫶)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void sis900_init_tx_ring (struct net_device *net_dev );

note the void bestie — she gives nothing back, she just does the thing 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• net_dev — the net device to initialize for, aka the little guy you're setting up 💖

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So basically: initialize the Tx descriptor ring. That's it, that's the assignment 📋 she sets up the transmit side of things and dips, no cap.

Like yeah it's a one-liner description but honestly? iconic. she knows exactly what she is 👑

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💀 SEE ALSO 💀

Your girl has a huge friend group, get comfy 🍓 — first up the kernel file itself: ./drivers/net/ethernet/sis/sis900.c, and then all of these besties:

• sis900_get_mac_addr(9)
• sis630e_get_mac_addr(9)
• sis635_get_mac_addr(9)
• sis96x_get_mac_addr(9)
• sis900_probe(9)
• sis900_mii_probe(9)
• sis900_default_phy(9)
• sis900_set_capability(9)
• read_eeprom(9)
• mdio_read(9)
• mdio_write(9)
• sis900_reset_phy(9)
• sis900_open(9)
• sis900_init_rxfilter(9)
• sis900_init_rx_ring(9)
• sis630_set_eq(9)
• sis900_timer(9)
• sis900_check_mode(9)
• sis900_set_mode(9)
• sis900_auto_negotiate(9)
• sis900_read_mode(9)
• sis900_tx_timeout(9)
• sis900_start_xmit(9)
• sis900_interrupt(9)
• sis900_rx(9)
• sis900_finish_xmit(9)
• sis900_close(9)
• sis900_get_drvinfo(9)
• sis900_set_wol(9)
• mii_ioctl(9)
• sis900_set_config(9)
• sis900_mcast_bitnr(9)
• set_rx_mode(9)
• sis900_reset(9)
• sis900_remove(9)

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okay that's the whole page bestie, go forth and init that ring 💜

mwah 💋 this came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/sis, dated October 2026 — same sis900_init_tx_ring(9) you know and love, now with 100% more sparkle 🌈✨