iwl_drv_start(9)

💖 iwl_drv_start(9) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the Kernel API Manual, we're in the big leagues now — and it's all about iwl_drv_start. buckle up 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

iwl_drv_start — starts the driver. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it starts the drv. 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct iwl_drv * iwl_drv_start (struct iwl_trans *trans );

literally just one argument, one return, no drama. slay 💅

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🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• trans — the transport. yes queen, that's the whole description. it's the transport. 🚌✨

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so here's the tea: this function starts the driver — and the very first thing it does is fetches the firmware 👀🔥

now, important part, don't skip this: this should be called by bus specific system flows implementations. like, the bus-specific probe function should handle bus related operations only — just the bus stuff, nothing extra, no overachieving — and then call this function. the way that division of labour is giving main character energy honestly 🫶

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns the driver object 💖 — or NULL if an error occurred 😭 (so like, always check, bestie, no cap).

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.h — the header, iykyk 📁
• Driver system flows - drv component(9)
• iwl_drv_stop(9) — the opposite vibe, the goodbye one 🦋

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aaaand that's the whole page, we ate and left no crumbs 🍓💜

shoutout to the footer crew: this one comes from ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, and yes, the page is still iwl_drv_start(9) — iconic, consistent, periodt. 💀👑