e1000_probe(9)

💅 NAME 💅

hiii bestie!! welcome to the e1000_probe(9) page — it's in the Kernel API Manual, and we're gonna make this device-init routine make sense, fr fr. The official one-liner is e1000_probe - Device Initialization Routine. no cap, that's the whole NAME section, but keep reading because the details are where it's at. 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so the signature is literally this, exact vibes:

       int e1000_probe (struct pci_dev *pdev , const struct pci_device_id *ent
       );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pdev — the PCI device information struct. yes, that's the whole description bestie, short and iconic. 🎀
• ent — entry in e1000_pci_tbl. that's it, that's the arg. 🌸

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Return vibe check: 0 on success, negative on failure. periodt. ✅😭

e1000_probe initializes an adapter identified by a pci_dev structure. the way that this works is that the OS initialization, the configuring of the adapter private structure, and a hardware reset occur. that's the trio, bestie — no extra steps invented, just those facts. 💅✨

okay but fr fr: success is 0, failure is negative. don't forget the sign, iykyk. ⭐

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💖 SEE ALSO 💖

First up, the kernel file is literally ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c. 📁✨

and here's the whole cross-reference squad — every single one, no skips, no cuts, because we don't do that here:

__ew32_prepare(9), e1000_regdump(9), e1000e_dump(9),
e1000_desc_unused(9), e1000e_systim_to_hwtstamp(9),
e1000e_rx_hwtstamp(9), e1000_receive_skb(9), e1000_rx_checksum(9),
e1000_alloc_rx_buffers(9), e1000_alloc_rx_buffers_ps(9),
e1000_alloc_jumbo_rx_buffers(9), e1000_clean_rx_irq(9),
e1000e_tx_hwtstamp_work(9), e1000_clean_tx_irq(9),
e1000_clean_rx_irq_ps(9), e1000_clean_jumbo_rx_irq(9),
e1000_clean_rx_ring(9), e1000_intr_msi(9), e1000_intr(9),
e1000_configure_msix(9), e1000e_set_interrupt_capability(9),
e1000_request_msix(9), e1000_request_irq(9), e1000_irq_disable(9),
e1000_irq_enable(9), e1000e_get_hw_control(9),
e1000e_release_hw_control(9), e1000_alloc_ring_dma(9),
e1000e_setup_tx_resources(9), e1000e_setup_rx_resources(9),
e1000_clean_tx_ring(9), e1000e_free_tx_resources(9),
e1000e_free_rx_resources(9), e1000_update_itr(9), e1000e_write_itr(9),
e1000_alloc_queues(9), e1000e_poll(9), e1000e_vlan_filter_disable(9),
e1000e_vlan_filter_enable(9), e1000e_vlan_strip_disable(9),
e1000e_vlan_strip_enable(9), e1000_configure_tx(9), e1000_setup_rctl(9),
e1000_configure_rx(9), e1000e_write_mc_addr_list(9),
e1000e_write_uc_addr_list(9), e1000e_set_rx_mode(9),
e1000e_get_base_timinca(9), e1000e_config_hwtstamp(9),
e1000_configure(9), e1000e_power_up_phy(9), e1000_power_down_phy(9),
e1000_flush_tx_ring(9), e1000_flush_rx_ring(9),
e1000_flush_desc_rings(9), e1000e_systim_reset(9), e1000e_reset(9),
e1000e_trigger_lsc(9), e1000e_down(9), e1000e_sanitize_systim(9),
e1000e_read_systim(9), e1000e_cyclecounter_read(9), e1000_sw_init(9),
e1000_intr_msi_test(9), e1000_test_msi_interrupt(9), e1000_test_msi(9),
e1000e_open(9), e1000e_close(9), e1000_set_mac(9),
e1000e_update_phy_task(9), e1000_update_phy_info(9),
e1000e_update_phy_stats(9), e1000e_update_stats(9),
e1000_phy_read_status(9), e1000_watchdog(9), e1000_tx_timeout(9),
e1000e_get_stats64(9), e1000_change_mtu(9), e1000e_hwtstamp_set(9),
__e1000e_disable_aspm(9), e1000e_disable_aspm(9),
e1000e_disable_aspm_locked(9), e1000_netpoll(9),
e1000_io_error_detected(9), e1000_io_slot_reset(9), e1000_io_resume(9),
e1000_remove(9), e1000_init_module(9), e1000_exit_module(9)

okay that's the whole page, bestie!! mwah 💋 — this edition came from source/version snippet ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e..., dated October 2026, and it's the e1000_probe(9) page in the Kernel API Manual. periodt. 🫶✨