velocity_shutdown(9)

okay bestie, welcome to velocity_shutdown(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is the little shutdown icon of the velocity world, and we're gonna read it together 💖

💅 NAME 💅

velocity_shutdown — shut down the chip, no cap ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

it's giving one function, zero drama:

void velocity_shutdown (struct velocity_info *vptr );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• vptr — the velocity to deactivate, aka the chip vibe you're shutting down 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this one shuts down the internal operations of the velocity. it also disables interrupts, autopolling, transmit and receive. all of those, together, off. periodt 💅

like, it's not a soft reset moment, it's a shutdown moment — the internal stuff stops doing its internal stuff, and interrupts, autopolling, transmit and receive get disabled too. iconic behavior, honestly 🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the source file is right here, bestie:

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

and now the whole cross-reference squad, every single one, no skips, iykyk:

• 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_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_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)

mwah 💋 this lil page lives under ./drivers/net/ethernet/via, it's dated October 2026, and it's all about velocity_shutdown(9) — slay and goodbye 🎀✨