octep_vf_probe(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 octep_vf_probe(9) 💅

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual bestie, we're doing kernel networking today and honestly? iconic. this is the page for octep_vf_probe, and yes it's a 9-section (kernel API) page, no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

octep_vf_probe — the Octeon PCI device probe handler. that's the whole vibe. it's the function that gets called when the kernel goes "ooh a device, is it one of ours?" 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

literally just those two args, nothing else, periodt.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pdev — the PCI device structure. this is the device itself showing up to the party 🎉
  • ent — an entry in the Octeon PCI device ID table. it's how we matched the device in the first place, iykyk 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's what it does: it initializes and enables the Octeon PCI device for network operations. lowkey a big deal.

then it initializes the Octeon private data structure and registers a network device. so basically: set up the device, set up our own bookkeeping, and then ✨introduce✨ the netdev to the world. main character energy fr fr.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel source file lives right here — go read it, it's giving lore:

./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_main.c

and here's the whole friend group, all the (9) pages that keep this one company 💖:

like, that's the entire squad 🧚 💜

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 source/version found down at ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell... and dated October 2026 — so this page is literally from the future, slay. see you in the next man 9 bestie 🎀✨

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