Functions and Variables Featured in This Part of the Book
Table 12-2 summarizes the main functions, variables, and data structures introduced or referenced in the previous three chapters. Additional ones can be found in Table 9-1 in Chapter 9.
Table 12-2. Functions, variables, and data structures related to interrupts and frame handling
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Queues an input frame into a CPU's queue. See the section "Old Versus New Driver Interfaces" in Chapter 10. |
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Schedules the |
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Called by the |
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Enables and disables transmission on a device, respectively. See the section "Enabling and Disabling Transmissions" in Chapter 11. |
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Checks whether a device is enabled for transmission. |
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Dequeues a frame from the egress queue of a device and pushes it down to the device driver for transmission. See the section "Queuing Discipline Interface" in Chapter 11. |
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