idpf_probe(9)

💅 NAME 💅

okay so this is idpf_probe — it's a whole Device initialization routine, and yes bestie that's literally its entire personality ✨ it shows up, it initializes the device, that's the vibe 🫶

and hi, welcome, this is from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, the one and only idpf_probe(9) 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, here's the actual signature, no cap, copy it exactly:

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

she returns an int 🎀 that's the whole thing. that's the moment.

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• pdev — the PCI device information struct 💖 this is the whole device moment, like her little info card, main character energy fr
• ent — an entry in idpf_pci_tbl 🌸 that's the table she lives in, iykyk

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so the entire description is giving short and iconic: she Returns 0 on success, negative on failure 💀

that's it. that's the whole paragraph. zero fluff, all substance. successful probe = 0 🎉, sad probe = negative number 😭 and that's the vibe check on this function.

ngl bestie, if you get a negative back from this one, something in the init did not slay. that's the whole warning, there's no more detail in the page, I'm not making stuff up 🙈

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

go read these next, they're all linked and they're all part of the same little friend group 🫶

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_main.c 🍓
• idpf_get_device_type(9)
• idpf_dev_init(9)
• idpf_decfg_device(9)
• idpf_remove(9)
• idpf_shutdown(9)
• idpf_cfg_device(9)

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and that's the page, bestie 🎀 one final moment of appreciation for the footer details: this one comes from the source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf, dated October 2026, and it will forever be known as idpf_probe(9) 🔥 slay, periodt 💜