ngbevf_probe(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is ngbevf_probe(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and hiiii bestie 🫶 — it's the Device Initialization Routine, and I'm obsessed with how hard it works behind the scenes ✨

ngbevf_probe — Device Initialization Routine. periodt 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

Lowkey just look at that signature — it's giving C function realness, no cap. 🦋

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pdev — PCI device information struct 💖
• ent — entry in ngbevf_pci_tbl 🎟️

🌸 RETURN 🌸

Return value check, bestie: return 0 on success, negative on failure. That's the whole vibe check, fr fr 😌

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Okay so ngbevf_probe initializes an adapter identified by a pci_dev structure 🛠️✨. The way that it's set up: the OS initialization, configuring of the adapter private structure, and a hardware reset occur. OS initialization? Configuring of the adapter private structure? A hardware reset? All occur. Iconic, periodt 💅🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/ngbevf/ngbevf_main.c 📁
• ngbevf_remove(9) 🔁

go read these too, iykyk 🧚💜

— cute sign-off: source/version ./drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun..., date October 2026 🌈💅