stmmac_init_rx_buffers(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 stmmac_init_rx_buffers(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a little kernel function from the stmmac driver family and honestly? she's the moment. no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

stmmac_init_rx_buffers — init the RX descriptor buffer. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int stmmac_init_rx_buffers (struct stmmac_priv *priv , struct
stmmac_dma_conf *dma_conf , struct dma_desc *p , int i , gfp_t flags ,
u32 queue );

like, just copy it exactly, don't @ me 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • priv — the driver private structure. her private business, respectfully 🙈
  • dma_conf — the structure that takes the dma data. she's holding the DMA lore 🫶
  • p — descriptor pointer. literally pointing at the descriptor, main character energy ✨
  • i — descriptor index. which one, bestie? this one 🔢
  • flags — gfp flag. the flag of the gfp variety, periodt 🌈
  • queue — RX queue index. which RX queue we're living in rn 👑

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so this function gets called to allocate a receive buffer, perform the DMA mapping, and init the descriptor. all three, in one go, no skips. it's giving multitasking icon 🎀✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group, fr fr. every one of these is invited to the group chat 💬

like I said. the whole friend group. iykyk 💜

and that's the page bestie 🫶 source is ./drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro... (yes it's truncated, blame the manpage renderer 😭) and she's dated October 2026, so mark your calendar, slay ⭐👑

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