sxgbe_poll_controller(9)

💖 sxgbe_poll_controller(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for sxgbe_poll_controller(9) 🌸 this one's short and sweet, so grab your lil iced coffee and let's go ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

sxgbe_poll_controller — the entry point for polling receive by device 🫶

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

void sxgbe_poll_controller (struct net_device *dev );

like, that's it. that's the whole signature. void in, void out, no cap 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — pointer to the device structure 👑 this is your net device, the main character of this whole function

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does she do? she's the function that NETCONSOLE and other diagnostic tools call when they wanna do network I/O with interrupts disabled 🔥 like, interrupts are off, the vibes are quiet, and this lil function still lets the packets flow.

return value: Void. literally nothing comes back. void. empty. silent. iconic ✨

lowkey important: this exists so diagnostics can keep talking to the network even when interrupts are turned off — that's the whole reason she's here 💀

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole friend group 🫶 — here's everyone, no one left out:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_main.c (that's where the lore lives 📁)
• 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_mtl_operation_mode(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_hw_init(9)
• sxgbe_drv_probe(9)
• sxgbe_drv_remove(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🧚💖 this adorable lil manual came to you from source <pink>./drivers/net/ethernet/samsung...and was datedOctober 2026` — screenshot it, cite it, put it on your fridge, periodt 💅🎀