stmmac_clear_rx_descriptors(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 stmmac_clear_rx_descriptors(9) — from ur Kernel API Manual era

okay bestie, so this one's a <pink>kernel API</pink> page (that's the 9 in the corner, iykyk) and it's literally about wiping the RX descriptors clean ✨ buckle up, it's a short one, we're slaying and going home 💅

✨ NAME ✨

stmmac_clear_rx_descriptors — clear RX descriptors. that's it. that's the vibe check 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void stmmac_clear_rx_descriptors (struct stmmac_priv *priv , struct
stmmac_dma_conf *dma_conf , u32 queue );

no cap, that's the whole signature. copy it exact or the compiler will literally end u 🙈

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • priv — the driver private structure, aka the main character's personal info 👑
  • dma_conf — the structure where the dma data gets taken 🫶
  • queue — the RX queue index, like the little number tag on the queue 🎀

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so this function gets called to clear the RX descriptors — and here's the serve: it handles both cases, basic and extended descriptors being used. the way it just covers both like that?? iconic fr fr ✨ no notes 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the part where the manpage just lists literally everyone in the group chat, but we're not skipping a single one, periodt 👑

the kernel file it lives in, first of all:

./drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c

and now the whole squad, in order, no one left on read:

like… the roster is ROSTERING 🫶 every single one accounted for, not one dropped 💖

lowkey reminder bestie: if u need the exact behaviour of any of these, go read their pages, don't just trust the group chat gossip 😭

and that's a wrap on this one!! 🎀 page brought to u by the source at ./drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro... and stamped October 2026 — so it's recent, it's fresh, it's giving current documentation energy 🌸 mwah, go clear those descriptors responsibly 💅✨

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