velocity_error(9)

💅 velocity_error(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual bestie era ✨

okay so real talk, this is the velocity_error page from the Kernel API Manual (yes, the (9) one, we love a kernel section) and it's literally all about handling errors from the controller. buckle up, bestie 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

velocity_error — handle error from controller

like, it literally handles errors from the controller. that's the whole vibe. iconic behavior honestly 👑

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void velocity_error (struct velocity_info *vptr , int status );

no cap, that's the exact signature. don't come for me, I copied it character for character 💅

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• vptr — velocity 🌈
• status — card status 💳

that's it, that's the whole argument list. short and slay.

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🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

so basically this function processes an error report from the hardware and then attempts to recover the card itself. like it's out here trying its best to save the vibes 💖

but here's the tea, bestie: at the moment we cannot recover from some theoretically impossible errors 😭 no cap, that's literally what it says. BUT (and this is the fun part) this could be fixed using the pci_device_failed logic to bounce the hardware. so like, there's hope. main character energy for the recovery path honestly 🔥

lowkey a little dramatic that some errors are "theoretically impossible" but okay, we respect the honesty 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this list is LONG but we're gonna get through it together, no skipping, periodt. first up, the kernel file itself:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-velocity.c

and then the whole friend group, in this exact order:

mac_get_cam_mask(9), mac_set_cam_mask(9), mac_set_cam(9), mac_wol_reset(9), get_chip_name(9), velocity_set_int_opt(9), velocity_set_bool_opt(9), velocity_get_options(9), velocity_init_cam_filter(9), velocity_rx_reset(9), velocity_get_opt_media_mode(9), safe_disable_mii_autopoll(9), enable_mii_autopoll(9), velocity_mii_read(9), mii_check_media_mode(9), velocity_mii_write(9), set_mii_flow_control(9), mii_set_auto_on(9), velocity_set_media_mode(9), velocity_print_link_status(9), enable_flow_control_ability(9), velocity_soft_reset(9), velocity_set_multi(9), mii_init(9), setup_queue_timers(9), setup_adaptive_interrupts(9), velocity_init_registers(9), velocity_init_dma_rings(9), velocity_alloc_rx_buf(9), velocity_free_rd_ring(9), velocity_init_rd_ring(9), velocity_init_td_ring(9), velocity_free_dma_rings(9), velocity_free_tx_buf(9), velocity_free_td_ring(9), velocity_tx_srv(9), velocity_rx_csum(9), velocity_rx_copy(9), velocity_iph_realign(9), velocity_receive_frame(9), velocity_rx_srv(9), velocity_intr(9), velocity_open(9), velocity_shutdown(9), velocity_change_mtu(9), velocity_poll_controller(9), velocity_mii_ioctl(9), velocity_ioctl(9), velocity_get_stats(9), velocity_close(9), velocity_xmit(9), velocity_init_info(9), velocity_get_pci_info(9), velocity_get_platform_info(9), velocity_print_info(9), velocity_probe(9), velocity_remove(9), wol_calc_crc(9), velocity_set_wol(9), velocity_save_context(9), velocity_restore_context(9), velocity_ethtool_up(9), velocity_ethtool_down(9), velocity_init_module(9), velocity_cleanup_module(9)

like I said. LONG. but we ate that list fr fr 🍓 iykyk

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and that's the whole page bestie!! this came to you straight from ./drivers/net/ethernet/via in the October 2026 edition of the Kernel API Manual. slay, go read some more manpages, mwah 💜🧚‍♀️