hid_ishtp_cl_probe(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 hid_ishtp_cl_probe(9) 💖

okay bestie, so this one is from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally called hid_ishtp_cl_probe — say that five times fast, i dare you 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

hid_ishtp_cl_probe — the ISHTP client driver's probe moment. it's giving "first day of school" energy for a device 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int hid_ishtp_cl_probe (struct ishtp_cl_device *cl_device );

like, it takes one thing and gives you back an int. simple. iconic. 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • cl_device — the ISHTP client device instance. this is the little guy being probed, no cap 🌟

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so this function is the one that gets called on device create on the ISHTP bus. that's it, that's the whole vibe — the bus creates a device, and boom, hid_ishtp_cl_probe shows up like "hi bestie, i'm here" ✨

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • 0 on success 🎉
  • non zero on error 😭

(it's giving "zero means we ate, anything else means something's up")

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the kernel file to poke around in is literally this one:

./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid-client.c

and here's the whole squad, all of them, go read them fr fr:

ngl this is a tiny page but it's a whole main character in the ISHTP client lineup 👑

okay that's a wrap bestie!! this lil gem lives in ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid, dated October 2026, and yes — the page is literally hid_ishtp_cl_probe(9). mwah 💖🍓🦋

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