sxgbe_xmit(9)

💅 sxgbe_xmit(9) — the Kernel API Manual, but make it cute 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to sxgbe_xmit(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is the one about the Tx entry point of the driver, and honestly? she's kind of a big deal 💜

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🌸 NAME 🌸

sxgbe_xmit — the Tx entry point of the driver 🔥

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

netdev_tx_t sxgbe_xmit (struct sk_buff *skb , struct net_device *dev );

like, that's the whole vibe. two args. no cap 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• skb — the socket buffer 💌 that's the packet she's carrying, main character energy fr
• dev — device pointer 👑 your net device, the one and only

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so listen — sxgbe_xmit is the tx entry point of the driver. like, this is where the transmit magic starts, periodt ✨

she programs the chain or the ring (whichever one's giving that day 💅), and yes she supports oversized frames and SG feature — big frames? slay. scatter-gather? also slay. both handled, no drama 🌈

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

the whole friend group 💖 not me listing literally every one of them, but here we go:

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

iykyk 💀 that's forty entries, and yes I counted, you're welcome 🍓

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ngl bestie, if you're digging into the samsung sxgbe ethernet driver, this page is your entry point — read the SEE ALSO list like a group chat roster and you'll be fine 💜

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okay that's a wrap! 🧚 this cutie came from the source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/samsung... and she's dated October 2026 — sxgbe_xmit(9), mwah, bye bestie 💅💖