wx_free_rx_resources(9)
π wx_free_rx_resources β the Kernel API Manual glow-up π
okay so bestie, welcome to wx_free_rx_resources(9) β¨ this one lives in the Kernel API Manual, and it's short, it's sweet, and it's literally the cleanup queen of the wangxun driver world π
πΈ NAME πΈ
wx_free_rx_resources β Free Rx Resources π
like, the name is the whole vibe tbh. we're freeing the Rx resources. that's the gig.
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
void wx_free_rx_resources (struct wx_ring *rx_ring );
no return value, no drama, just vibes and deallocation π«Ά
π ARGUMENTS π
rx_ringβ the ring you want to clean the resources from β¨ that's it, that's the whole parameter. she's astruct wx_ring *and she's the main character here π
π DESCRIPTION π
so what does she actually do? she frees all receive software resources π
that's the entire description, no cap. no extra lore, no secret side quests, just: free all receive software resources. iconic behaviour honestly π
heads up bestie: this is the free function, so think of it as the counterpart to setting things up. the manpage doesn't spell out more than "free all receive software resources", so we're not gonna invent lore that isn't there π
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
okay this list is long and honestly it's giving family reunion π every single one of these is part of the wx squad:
- the kernel file itself:
./drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_lib.cπ
and the whole friend group:
wx_alloc_rx_buffers(9)wx_is_non_eop(9)wx_cleanup_headers(9)wx_rx_checksum(9)wx_process_skb_fields(9)wx_clean_rx_irq(9)wx_clean_tx_irq(9)wx_poll(9)wx_set_rss_queues(9)wx_acquire_msix_vectors(9)wx_set_interrupt_capability(9)wx_cache_ring_rss(9)wx_alloc_q_vector(9)wx_free_q_vector(9)wx_alloc_q_vectors(9)wx_free_q_vectors(9)wx_clear_interrupt_scheme(9)wx_setup_isb_resources(9)wx_free_isb_resources(9)wx_set_ivar(9)wx_write_eitr(9)wx_configure_vectors(9)wx_clean_rx_ring(9)wx_clean_all_rx_rings(9)wx_free_all_rx_resources(9)wx_clean_tx_ring(9)wx_clean_all_tx_rings(9)wx_free_tx_resources(9)wx_free_all_tx_resources(9)wx_setup_rx_resources(9)wx_setup_all_rx_resources(9)wx_setup_tx_resources(9)wx_setup_all_tx_resources(9)wx_get_stats64(9)
π cute little sign-off π
this page comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun... (yes, the path is literally truncated like that in the footer, we don't make the rules π), dated October 2026, and it's wx_free_rx_resources(9) all the way down π§
go forth and free your receive software resources, bestie πβ¨π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms