processor_probe(9)

💅 processor_probe(9) — like, the kernel API manual page, bestie 🎀

okay so real talk: this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about processor_probe — the little function that decides whether the processor driver should go "yep, that's mine" about a device or just mind its business. it's giving gatekeeper energy and honestly? iconic. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

processor_probe — figure out if the processor driver should claim this device. that's it, that's the whole job. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int processor_probe (struct parisc_device *dev );

literally just one function, one argument, no drama. 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the device that just got found. like, it's been spotted in the wild and we're all looking at it now. 👀

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so here's the vibe check: this function determines whether the processor driver should claim this chip — in which case it returns 0 — or not, in which case it returns 1. yes bestie, 0 means "yes, mine" and 1 means "nope, not my problem." that's the whole bit. no cap. 💀

and if it does claim the chip? then it initializes the chip and tells all the other partners in crime that they have work to do. teamwork, king behavior, main character energy all around. 👑🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./arch/parisc/kernel/processor.c — the actual source, iykyk 🧚
• init_percpu_prof(9)
• collect_boot_cpu_data(9)
• init_per_cpu(9)
• processor_init(9)

go read those too, they're all part of the same little friend group. 💜

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and that's the page, bestie! brought to you by the fine folks over at ./arch/parisc/kernel, dated October 2026 — so like, future-flavored and everything. slay. 🌸💖✨