davinci_emac_probe(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 davinci_emac_probe(9) — aka the Kernel API Manual page, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and we're about to make it make sense. grab a snack 🍓

🌸 NAME 🌸

davinci_emac_probe — the EMAC device probe. that's it, that's the whole name, and honestly? iconic.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int davinci_emac_probe (struct platform_device *pdev );

that's the whole signature, no cap. it takes one pointer and hands you back an int. 📝

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pdev — the DaVinci EMAC device that we are removing. yes, the manpage literally says "removing" on the probe page. we don't ask questions, we just transcribe 💅 (and it's typed as struct platform_device *, so it's a platform device pointer, periodt).

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so when does this bad boy get called? when we're probing for emac devicesr — and yeah, that "devicesr" typo is right there in the original, so we're keeping it, it's canon 😭🫶

here's the vibe: we pull the details of the instances and the resource information straight from platform init, then we register a network device, and we allocate all the resources the driver needs to actually do its thing. main character energy from start to finish 👑✨

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the kernel file itself lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c — go read it, iykyk 📂

and here's the whole friend group, every single one, in order, no one left behind 🫶:

fr fr that's 29 cross-references — screenshot it, bookmark it, whatever, just don't lose it 💀

and that's the page!! 🧚💖 this absolute legend of a file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/ti, dated October 2026, and it's filed under davinci_emac_probe(9) — slay, go forth and probe responsibly ✨🎀

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