spear_smi_probe(9)

💖 spear_smi_probe(9) — Entry routine 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for spear_smi_probe(9), bestie! This is the literal first-date energy function that shows up during boot, and she is doing ALL the setup. No cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

spear_smi_probe — literally the Entry routine, periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int spear_smi_probe (struct platform_device *pdev );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• pdev — the platform device structure, bestie. That's the whole vibe.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So spear_smi_probe is the first routine which gets invoked during booting, and she does all the initialization/allocation work. Iconic behavior, honestly. The routine looks for available memory banks, and does proper init for any found one. Returns 0 on success, non zero otherwise. That's the whole tea.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay bestie, go read these next, iykyk:

• Kernel file ./drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c
• struct spear_smi(9)
• struct spear_snor_flash(9)
• spear_smi_read_sr(9)
• spear_smi_wait_till_ready(9)
• spear_smi_int_handler(9)
• spear_smi_hw_init(9)
• get_flash_index(9)
• spear_smi_write_enable(9)
• spear_smi_erase_sector(9)
• spear_mtd_erase(9)
• spear_mtd_read(9)
• spear_mtd_write(9)
• spear_smi_probe_flash(9)
• spear_smi_remove(9)

💖 this page is from ./drivers/mtd/devices, dated October 2026, and its manual name is spear_smi_probe(9) — slay and goodbye! 💖