wx_stop_adapter_vf(9)

💅 wx_stop_adapter_vf(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, and today's main character is wx_stop_adapter_vf(9). yes it's a function name that sounds like a wifi password, no we're not scared of it 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

wx_stop_adapter_vf — the generic "ok we're DONE talking" button for your Tx/Rx units 🛑✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void wx_stop_adapter_vf (struct wx *wx );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. returns nothing, takes one thing. iconic behavior, honestly 🎀

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• wx — pointer to hardware structure 🫶 like, the actual hardware struct, bestie. hand it over and it knows what to do.

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so what does she actually do? two things, and she does them cleanly:

• clears interrupts 😌 no more little poke-poke-poke from the hardware, we're ignoring the group chat
• disables the transmit and receive units 💀 Tx? off. Rx? off. both of them, no cap.

it's giving "closing the laptop and putting the phone on do-not-disturb" energy. periodt. 🔥

ngl, this is a stop function, so don't expect anything to be flowing after you call it — that's literally the entire point, bestie 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file herself lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_vf.c — go say hi 👑

and her whole friend group, in the order the page lists them:

• wx_init_hw_vf(9)
• wx_reset_hw_vf(9)
• wx_set_rar_vf(9)
• wx_update_mc_addr_list_vf(9)
• wx_update_xcast_mode_vf(9)
• wx_get_link_state_vf(9)
• wx_set_vfta_vf(9)
• wx_rlpml_set_vf(9)
• wx_negotiate_api_version(9)

lowkey a whole squad 🧚💜

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aaaand that's the page!! mwah 💋 this little cutie came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun... and she's stamped October 2026, so like… future icon behavior ⭐👑 bye bestie, go stop some adapters responsibly 🍓