sxgbe_mtl_operation_mode(9)

✨ sxgbe_mtl_operation_mode(9) ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this page is lowkey a little legend — it's all about sxgbe_mtl_operation_mode, one of those tiny functions that does exactly one (1) job and does it slayfully. no cap, it's giving "quiet main character energy" 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

sxgbe_mtl_operation_mode — the HW MTL operation mode setter 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void sxgbe_mtl_operation_mode (struct sxgbe_priv_data *priv );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• priv — the driver private structure. yes, the whole private data struct, hand it over, it needs it 💖

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the tea: this function sets the MTL operation mode. like, it literally configures which MTL operation mode you're getting — the tx/rx MTL thresholds or the Store-And-Forward capability. that's it. that's the function. iconic, honestly 🎀

no extra lore, no side quests — just vibes and thresholds and one very important struct pointer.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

lowkey the whole kernel friend group is here, so let's shout them out 🫶 first up, there's a kernel file in the mix:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_main.c

and then the full ensemble cast, in exactly the order they showed up 💜

• sxgbe_verify_args(9)
• sxgbe_eee_ctrl_timer(9)
• sxgbe_eee_init(9)
• sxgbe_clk_csr_set(9)
• sxgbe_adjust_link(9)
• sxgbe_init_phy(9)
• sxgbe_clear_descriptors(9)
• sxgbe_free_rx_buffers(9)
• init_tx_ring(9)
• free_rx_ring(9)
• init_rx_ring(9)
• free_tx_ring(9)
• init_dma_desc_rings(9)
• sxgbe_tx_queue_clean(9)
• sxgbe_tx_all_clean(9)
• sxgbe_restart_tx_queue(9)
• sxgbe_reset_all_tx_queues(9)
• sxgbe_get_hw_features(9)
• sxgbe_check_ether_addr(9)
• sxgbe_init_dma_engine(9)
• sxgbe_init_mtl_engine(9)
• sxgbe_disable_mtl_engine(9)
• sxgbe_tx_timer(9)
• sxgbe_tx_init_coalesce(9)
• sxgbe_open(9)
• sxgbe_release(9)
• sxgbe_xmit(9)
• sxgbe_rx_refill(9)
• sxgbe_rx(9)
• sxgbe_poll(9)
• sxgbe_tx_timeout(9)
• sxgbe_common_interrupt(9)
• sxgbe_tx_interrupt(9)
• sxgbe_rx_interrupt(9)
• sxgbe_set_rx_mode(9)
• sxgbe_poll_controller(9)
• sxgbe_hw_init(9)
• sxgbe_drv_probe(9)
• sxgbe_drv_remove(9)

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💀 bestie reminder: every one of those is a real page reference, so if you're link-hopping in the kernel docs, keep the (9) on there. iykyk.

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okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 this little number lives down in ./drivers/net/ethernet/samsung... and the source/version line is dated October 2026 — so yeah, future-flavored docs, we love to see it 🌈 periodt, go read the rest of the sxgbe saga, ily, bye 🧚💜