sis900_start_xmit(9)

💅 sis900_start_xmit(9) 💅

okay so bestie, this little icon is from the Kernel API Manual and it is literally the sis900_start_xmit page — transmit routine main character energy ✨

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🧾 NAME 🧾

sis900_start_xmit — the sis900 start transmit routine 🫶

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📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

netdev_tx_t sis900_start_xmit (struct sk_buff *skb , struct net_device
*net_dev );

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• skb — socket buffer pointer to put the data being transmitted 💖
• net_dev — the net device to transmit with 🌸

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so this routine sets the transmit buffer descriptor, and writes TxENA to enable the transmit state machine. then it tells the upper layer if the buffer is full. that’s the whole flow, no cap 💅

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

the whole sis900 squad is linked here, plus the kernel file:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/sis/sis900.c
• 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_tx_ring(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_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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xoxo 💋 source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/sis — dated October 2026 — page: sis900_start_xmit(9) 🎀