atl2_probe(9)

💖 atl2_probe(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for atl2_probe(9) — yes that's the whole title, we're fancy here, and honestly? iconic of us. sit down, grab a strawberry drink, and let's get into it 🍓✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

atl2_probe — the Device Initialization Routine, aka the "get this adapter up and running" moment 👑

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int atl2_probe (struct pci_dev *pdev , const struct pci_device_id *ent );

literally the whole vibe in one line, no cap 💅

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• pdev — the PCI device information struct, like the little ID card for your device 🪪
• ent — an entry in atl2_pci_tbl, the guest list that says which devices are allowed in 🔥

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

ngl, the return values are simple and we love that for us: returns 0 on success, and negative on failure — that negative is your sign that something said "not today" 😭

So what does atl2_probe actually do? It initializes an adapter identified by a pci_dev structure. And like, three big things happen in there:

1. the OS initialization happens 🖥️
2. the configuring of the adapter private structure happens 🛠️
3. a hardware reset happens 🔄

that's the whole arc, bestie — main character energy from start to finish 💜

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c, and here's the whole friend group — go say hi to all of them 🫶:

• atl2_sw_init(9)
• atl2_set_multi(9)
• atl2_configure(9)
• atl2_setup_ring_resources(9)
• atl2_irq_enable(9)
• atl2_irq_disable(9)
• atl2_intr(9)
• atl2_free_ring_resources(9)
• atl2_open(9)
• atl2_close(9)
• atl2_change_mtu(9)
• atl2_set_mac(9)
• atl2_tx_timeout(9)
• atl2_watchdog(9)
• atl2_phy_config(9)
• atl2_link_chg_task(9)
• atl2_remove(9)
• atl2_check_options(9)

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ok that's the page!! ty for reading bestie, go forth and probe responsibly 💖

and for the sign-off — this one came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros... and it's dated October 2026, so yeah, mark your calendars, that's the whole meta moment 🌈⭐ see u next time, atl2_probe(9) out 💅👑