velocity_ioctl(9)

💅 velocity_ioctl(9)

okay so we're in the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — yes bestie, section NINE, kernel-internals hours 🔥 — and this page is literally just velocity_ioctl. no cap, that's the whole title. iconic.

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🎀 NAME

velocity_ioctl — the ioctl entry point ✨ that's it. that's the whole name. minimalism ate 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS

int velocity_ioctl (struct net_device *dev , struct ifreq *rq , int cmd
);

🫶 ARGUMENTS

• dev — the network device 🎀 like, your actual NIC, the main character of this whole situation
• rq — the interface request ioctl 🍓 this is where the request itself lives
• cmd — the command code 👑 the "okay but what are we actually doing" number

🔥 DESCRIPTION

okay so picture this: a user issues an ioctl request to the network device in question, and this is the function that gets called. that's the vibe. and the velocity interface? it supports MII 🌈 literally that's it, MII, no cap 💖

⭐ SEE ALSO

first up, the kernel file where all the magic lives: ./drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-velocity.c 📁 go read it, iykyk.

and now the friend group 💜 — 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).

the MII-and-media-mode girlies 🌸 — 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) 🧚

the packet-path besties 😭 — velocity_error(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_get_stats(9), velocity_close(9), velocity_xmit(9) 💀

and the whole setup/teardown + ethtool + module crew 🫶 — 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) ⭐

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bestie this page comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/via, dated October 2026, and it is (say it with me) velocity_ioctl(9) 💖 mwah, go read the source, periodt 🎀