realtek_smi_probe(9)

✨ realtek_smi_probe(9) ✨

okay so bestie, this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual — like, the manual manual, realtek_smi_probe(9) energy. buckle up, it's giving driver-core realness 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

realtek_smi_probe — probe a platform device for an SMI-connected switch 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int realtek_smi_probe (struct platform_device *pdev );

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• pdev — the platform_device you're probing on. that's the one, that's the main character 🫶

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the vibe: this function is literally designed to be your .probe in a platform_driver. no cap.

the way it works is — first it calls the common probe function for both interfaces (yes, both, it's egalitarian like that 💜), and then it initializes the values that are specific to SMI-connected devices. after that little glow-up, it finally calls a common function to register the DSA switch. iconic behavior, honestly 🔥

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🧚 CONTEXT 🧚

• can sleep 😴 (it's allowed, it's fine, let it nap)
• it takes and releases priv->map_lock 🔒

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

Returns 0 on success 🎉 — and a negative error on failure 😭 (as is tradition).

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/dsa/realtek/realtek-smi.c
• realtek_smi_remove(9)
• realtek_smi_shutdown(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie — periodt 💅✨

this cutie lives in ./drivers/net/dsa/realtek, dated October 2026, and yes the page is still literally called realtek_smi_probe(9) — iykyk 🍓🌸