ibmvtpm_module_init(9)

💅 ibmvtpm_module_init — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay bestie, so this is ibmvtpm_module_init(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? she's short, she's sweet, she's giving "I do one thing and I do it flawlessly" main character energy. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ibmvtpm_module_init — literally just: initialize the ibm vtpm module. that's it. that's the whole job. 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ibmvtpm_module_init (void );

like, she returns an int and takes nothing. a queen who needs no input. 💅

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• void — no arguments. zero. none. she said "I don't need your parameters, I have myself." 😌✨

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 on success. 🎉 slay, we love a clean zero.
• Non-zero on failure. 😭 not the failure case... but yeah, if it's not 0, something went sideways.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay this is the part where we meet the whole friend group 🫶 — the kernel file lives at ./drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c and here is literally every single function she hangs out with:

• ibmvtpm_send_crq_word(9)
• ibmvtpm_send_crq(9)
• tpm_ibmvtpm_recv(9)
• ibmvtpm_crq_send_init(9)
• tpm_ibmvtpm_resume(9)
• tpm_ibmvtpm_send(9)
• ibmvtpm_crq_get_rtce_size(9)
• ibmvtpm_crq_get_version(9)
• ibmvtpm_crq_send_init_complete(9)
• tpm_ibmvtpm_remove(9)
• tpm_ibmvtpm_get_desired_dma(9)
• tpm_ibmvtpm_suspend(9)
• ibmvtpm_reset_crq(9)
• ibmvtpm_crq_get_next(9)
• ibmvtpm_crq_process(9)
• ibmvtpm_interrupt(9)
• tpm_ibmvtpm_probe(9)
• ibmvtpm_module_exit(9)

ngl the crq squad runs deep and they are all iconic in their own way. iykyk. 🔥

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👑 the sign-off 👑

this little beauty comes out of ./drivers/char/tpm, dated October 2026, and she answers to ibmvtpm_module_init(9). periodt. 💜✨🌷

go init something, bestie 🌈