xemaclite_di...e_interrupts(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… xemaclite_disable_interrupts(9) β€” the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about xemaclite_disable_interrupts β€” yes that's the whole name, yes it's a mouthful, no we're not shortening it 🫢


🌸 NAME 🌸

xemaclite_disable_interrupts β€” literally just turns off the interrupts for the EmacLite device πŸ’–


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void xemaclite_disable_interrupts (struct net_local *drvdata );

that's it. that's the whole call. void return, one arg, no notes πŸ”₯


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • drvdata β€” a pointer to the Emaclite device's private data. it's giving "you already know what this is" energy, but heads up, it's a struct net_local * πŸ¦‹

πŸ’œ DESCRIPTION πŸ’œ

so what this function does: it disables the Tx and Rx interrupts for the Emaclite device, and it takes down the Global Interrupt Enable too. all three, one function call, no cap πŸ‘‘

like, the way it just silences everything at once? iconic. it's the "everybody shut up" of kernel functions πŸ’…


🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

where do we even start, there's so many, but iykyk:

like genuinely go read xemaclite_enable_interrupts(9) after this one, they're sisters fr fr 🧚


🫢 friendly reminder that disabling interrupts means exactly what it sounds like β€” if you needed them on, they're not on anymore. handle with intention, bestie.

⭐ and that's the page!! sign-off time: this one lives over in ./drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx, dated October 2026, and it's filed under xemaclite_di...e_interrupts(9) β€” yes the manual truncates the name in the header because apparently even the kernel docs have a character limit πŸ’€ love that for us. byeee πŸŒΈπŸ’–βœ¨

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