fbnic_init_module(9)

💅 fbnic_init_module — Kernel API Manual

ok so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and the star of the show is fbnic_init_module. It's giving "first day of school" energy, but for a driver. Let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

fbnic_init_module — the Driver Registration Routine, aka the literal moment your driver says "hi, I exist" 🫶

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int fbnic_init_module (void );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• void — no arguments, bestie. zero. none. it takes nothing and it slays doing it 💅

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Okay so picture this: the driver just got loaded, right? fbnic_init_module is the very first routine that gets called when that happens. Main character energy fr fr 🌟

And what does it do with all that responsibility? Honestly? all it does is register with the PCI subsystem. That's it. That's the whole vibe. No cap — it just shows up, registers, and lets the PCI subsystem know it's here 🔥

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 — success, we ate 💖
• negative — failure, and it's giving 😭 (yeah, any negative value means something went wrong)

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_pci.c — go read the source, iykyk 🧚
• fbnic_probe(9)
• fbnic_remove(9)
• fbnic_exit_module(9) — the goodbye counterpart, the villain origin story 💀

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ngl the whole saga lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic, and this page is dated October 2026 — so yeah, from the future, iconic behavior only ⏳✨

k byeee, go register something 🦋💜