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.TH "VELOCITY_ALLOC_RX_BUF" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
velocity_alloc_rx_buf \- allocate aligned receive buffer
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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\fB
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int velocity_alloc_rx_buf  (struct velocity_info * \fIvptr\fB, int \fIidx\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIvptr\fB\fR
velocity
.TP
\fB\fIidx\fB\fR
ring index
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Allocate a new full sized buffer for the reception of a frame and
map it into PCI space for the hardware to use. The hardware
requires *64* byte alignment of the buffer which makes life
less fun than would be ideal.