igc_probe(9)

💖 igc_probe(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so we're doing igc_probe today, and honestly? it's kind of a big deal. it's a 9 (kernel API) page, she's iconic, and she's about to wake up a whole network adapter. buckle up 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

igc_probe — the Device Initialization Routine, aka the "rise and grind" moment for your NIC 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• pdev — the PCI device information struct. it's giving "here's everything we know about this device" energy 💖
• ent — the entry in igc_pci_tbl. the matching table row that found this device, basically her little ID card 🪪

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what does she actually return? simple:

• 0 on success 🥳
• negative on failure 😭

igc_probe initializes an adapter identified by a pci_dev structure. and the way that happens? three things, all main character moves:

1. the OS initialization
2. configuring the adapter private structure
3. a hardware reset 🔥

that's it. that's the whole routine. no cap. ✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay bestie, this list is LONG and honestly gorgeous, so i'm not skipping a single one — every single friend gets her moment 🫶

• the kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c 🍓
• igc_power_up_link(9), igc_release_hw_control(9), igc_get_hw_control(9)
• igc_clean_tx_ring(9), igc_free_tx_resources(9), igc_free_all_tx_resources(9), igc_clean_all_tx_rings(9), igc_disable_all_tx_rings_hw(9), igc_setup_tx_resources(9), igc_setup_all_tx_resources(9)
• igc_clean_rx_ring(9), igc_clean_all_rx_rings(9), igc_free_rx_resources(9), igc_free_all_rx_resources(9), igc_setup_rx_resources(9), igc_setup_all_rx_resources(9)
• igc_configure_rx_ring(9), igc_configure_rx(9), igc_configure_tx_ring(9), igc_configure_tx(9)
• igc_setup_mrqc(9), igc_setup_rctl(9), igc_setup_tctl(9)
• igc_set_mac_filter_hw(9), igc_clear_mac_filter_hw(9), igc_set_mac(9), igc_write_mc_addr_list(9)
• igc_process_skb_fields(9), igc_add_rx_frag(9), igc_reuse_rx_page(9), igc_is_non_eop(9), igc_cleanup_headers(9), igc_alloc_rx_buffers(9), igc_clean_tx_irq(9)
• igc_add_mac_filter(9), igc_del_mac_filter(9), igc_add_vlan_prio_filter(9), igc_del_vlan_prio_filter(9), igc_add_etype_filter(9), igc_del_etype_filter(9), igc_get_nfc_rule(9), igc_del_nfc_rule(9), igc_add_nfc_rule(9), igc_enable_empty_addr_recv(9)
• igc_set_rx_mode(9), igc_configure(9), igc_write_ivar(9)
• igc_configure_msix(9), igc_irq_enable(9), igc_irq_disable(9), igc_reset_q_vector(9), igc_free_q_vector(9), igc_free_q_vectors(9), igc_update_itr(9), igc_set_interrupt_capability(9), igc_update_ring_itr(9), igc_cache_ring_register(9), igc_poll(9), igc_alloc_q_vector(9), igc_alloc_q_vectors(9), igc_init_interrupt_scheme(9)
• igc_sw_init(9), igc_up(9), igc_update_stats(9), igc_down(9), igc_change_mtu(9), igc_tx_timeout(9), igc_get_stats64(9)
• igc_msix_other(9), igc_request_msix(9), igc_clear_interrupt_scheme(9), igc_has_link(9), igc_watchdog(9)
• igc_intr_msi(9), igc_intr(9), igc_request_irq(9), __igc_open(9), __igc_close(9), igc_remove(9)
• igc_io_error_detected(9), igc_io_slot_reset(9), igc_io_resume(9), igc_reinit_queues(9)
• igc_get_hw_dev(9), igc_init_module(9), igc_exit_module(9)

like i said. she has a LOT of friends. and every single one is linked here, so go click around, iykyk 🌈

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ngl the whole page lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc — that's the directory, that's her home 💒

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that's the whole page, bestie! 🧚 this one's dated October 2026, sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc, and it's the igc_probe(9) page from the Kernel API Manual. slay, periodt, go probe a device 💅✨