loader_ishtp_cl_probe(9)

💅 loader_ishtp_cl_probe(9) — like, the ISH-TP client driver probe bestie

okay so real talk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's a short one but it ate. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

loader_ishtp_cl_probe — the ISH-TP client driver probe, no cap 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int loader_ishtp_cl_probe (struct ishtp_cl_device *cl_device );

like, that's the whole signature. iconic. copy it exactly bestie, don't touch the spacing 🌈

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cl_device — the ISH-TP client device instance. that's it, that's the one thing you're passing in 💫

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so this function gets called on device create on the ISH-TP bus. that's the whole vibe check — it's the probe callback, it fires when a device shows up on that bus 🔥

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 for success 🎉
• negative error code for failure 😭

bestie please actually check the return value, negative means something went wrong fr fr

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• 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_init(9)
• loader_ishtp_cl_remove(9)
• loader_ishtp_cl_reset(9)

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and that's the whole page babes 💅 this one lives in ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid, dated October 2026 — go read the rest of the loader crew, they're all linked above, mwah 🧚💖