loader_init(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay bestie, this is loader_init(9) from the Kernel API Manual — loader_init is literally the init function for the ISH-TP client 💅✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the whole signature is right here, no cap:

int loader_init (struct ishtp_cl *loader_ishtp_cl , bool reset );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• loader_ishtp_cl — the ISH-TP client instance 🫶
• reset — true if it's called for init after reset 🌸

💖 RETURN 💖

it gives you 0 for success, and a negative error code for failure — that's the vibe check 💀✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read the full lore, iykyk 🔥: the Kernel file ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-fw-loader.c enum ish_loader_commands(9), struct loader_msg_hdr(9), struct response_info(9), get_firmware_variant(9), loader_cl_send(9), process_recv(9), loader_cl_event_cb(9), ish_query_loader_prop(9), ish_fw_xfer_ishtp(9), ish_fw_xfer_direct_dma(9), ish_fw_start(9), load_fw_from_host(9), loader_ishtp_cl_probe(9), loader_ishtp_cl_remove(9), loader_ishtp_cl_reset(9) — iconic references, periodt 💖🌈

mwah 💋 this cutie comes from ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid, dated October 2026, and it's loader_init(9) — slay 🫶🎀