igbvf_probe(9)

✨ igbvf_probe — Device Initialization Routine ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, the kernel API girlies 💅), and honestly? it's giving main character energy for your network driver. let's get into it 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

so it takes two things and gives you back an int, that's the whole vibe 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• pdev — the PCI device info struct. like, the whole identity of the device bestie, that's her 💖
• ent — an entry in igbvf_pci_tbl. she's on the list, she said so ✨

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Returns 0 on success, negative on failure. no cap, that's the whole return contract 🔥

igbvf_probe initializes an adapter identified by a pci_dev structure. The OS initialization, configuring of the adapter private structure, and a hardware reset occur. so basically three things go down:

1. OS initialization (the system stuff, happening)
2. configuring of the adapter private structure (getting her set up, cute)
3. a hardware reset (the dramatic part, love that for us 💅)

all three, in one function call. she's efficient like that 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is long, but every single one of these is iconic in her life, iykyk:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c

• igbvf_desc_unused(9)
• igbvf_receive_skb(9)
• igbvf_alloc_rx_buffers(9)
• igbvf_clean_rx_irq(9)
• igbvf_setup_tx_resources(9)
• igbvf_setup_rx_resources(9)
• igbvf_clean_tx_ring(9)
• igbvf_free_tx_resources(9)
• igbvf_clean_rx_ring(9)
• igbvf_free_rx_resources(9)
• igbvf_update_itr(9)
• igbvf_clean_tx_irq(9)
• igbvf_configure_msix(9)
• igbvf_set_interrupt_capability(9)
• igbvf_request_msix(9)
• igbvf_alloc_queues(9)
• igbvf_request_irq(9)
• igbvf_irq_disable(9)
• igbvf_irq_enable(9)
• igbvf_poll(9)
• igbvf_set_rlpml(9)
• igbvf_configure_tx(9)
• igbvf_setup_srrctl(9)
• igbvf_configure_rx(9)
• igbvf_set_multi(9)
• igbvf_set_uni(9)
• igbvf_configure(9)
• igbvf_sw_init(9)
• igbvf_open(9)
• igbvf_close(9)
• igbvf_set_mac(9)
• igbvf_update_stats(9)
• igbvf_watchdog(9)
• igbvf_tx_timeout(9)
• igbvf_change_mtu(9)
• igbvf_io_error_detected(9)
• igbvf_io_slot_reset(9)
• igbvf_io_resume(9)
• igbvf_io_prepare(9)
• igbvf_io_reset_done(9)
• igbvf_remove(9)
• igbvf_init_module(9)
• igbvf_exit_module(9)

like i said. a lot of friends. the whole friend group fr fr 🧚

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bestie reminder: everything above is straight from the manual, i'm just here to make it cute. read the whole SEE ALSO list, don't skip, you're better than that 🙈

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and that's the page!! 🍓 source situation: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (truncated in the original, not by me, don't come for me 😭) and this whole thing is dated October 2026. bye bestie, go probe something 💅✨