STRUCT KSZ_SW_DESC(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 struct ksz_sw_desc(9) 🎀

okay so this is straight out of the Kernel API Manual and it's honestly one of the cuter little structs in the drivers world. sit down, grab a strawberry drink 🍓, and let's talk about the software descriptor data structure, bestie.

✨ NAME ✨

struct ksz_sw_desc — the software descriptor data structure. yes that's it, that's the whole vibe. it's giving "small struct, big responsibilities" 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct ksz_sw_desc {
    union desc_stat ctrl;
    union desc_buf buf;
    u32 buf_size;
 };

look at her. three fields, zero drama. she ate and left no crumbs 👑

🦋 Members 🦋

  • ctrl — the descriptor control value, like the bossy main character telling the hardware what's up 💅
  • buf — the descriptor buffer value, the actual "where's the data at" energy 🎀
  • buf_size — the current buffers size value in the hardware descriptor. key word: current. she's the live number, not the archive 🦋

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so this part is a whole friend group, and honestly the way the man page just lists everyone is so real of it. first up, the kernel file where all this lives:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ksz884x.c

and now the extended friend list, no one gets left out, periodt 💖

like I said. everyone. iykyk 😭🫶

ngl bestie, that SEE ALSO list is lowkey a whole contact list and you should absolutely go read the ones you actually need instead of pretending you'll read all of them. no judgment, we all do it 💀

and that's the whole page!! this lil beauty lives over in ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel and this particular edition is dated October 2026 — so go forth, cite her in your driver, and slay ✨💖🎀🦋

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