atl1_probe(9)

💖 atl1_probe(9) — like, the actual manual page, bestie 💖

okay so real talk, this is atl1_probe from the Kernel API Manual, and she's lowkey the main character of getting your Atheros adapter out of bed in the morning ☀️✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

atl1_probe — the Device Initialization Routine, aka the "wake up babe, new NIC just dropped" moment 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int atl1_probe (struct pci_dev *pdev , const struct pci_device_id *ent );

like yeah, that's the whole signature, no cap 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• pdev — the PCI device information struct, aka the whole entire info packet about the device we're about to make friends with 📦
• ent — an entry in atl1_pci_tbl, the little lookup-table row that says "yes queen, this device is one of ours" 🔍

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Returns 0 on success, negative on failure. that's it, that's the vibe check — zero means slay, negative means it's giving struggle 😭

atl1_probe initializes an adapter identified by a pci_dev structure. and not just like, a little bit of init — oh no. the whole glow-up happens here: the OS initialization, the configuring of the adapter private structure, and a hardware reset all occur. all three. periodt 🔥👑

ngl bestie, a hardware reset is a whole dramatic moment for the device — she gets reset reset, not just politely nudged. that's literally part of the job here 💀

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.c — the source, the lore, the origin story 📜
• atl1_check_options(9)
• atl1_sw_init(9)
• atl1_setup_ring_resources(9)
• atl1_clean_rx_ring(9)
• atl1_clean_tx_ring(9)
• atl1_free_ring_resources(9)
• atl1_configure(9)
• atl1_alloc_rx_buffers(9)
• atl1_intr(9)
• atl1_phy_config(9)
• atl1_change_mtu(9)
• atl1_open(9)
• atl1_close(9)
• atl1_remove(9)

like, the whole friend group fr fr 🫶🌈

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mwah 💋 that's the page! brought to you by the crew over at ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros... (that's the source/version bit, she's shy), dated October 2026 — and yes, atl1_probe(9) is the manual section, in case you were wondering iykyk 🎀✨