ssh_rtl_init(9)

💖 ssh_rtl_init, but make it main character 💖

okay so welcome to the ssh_rtl_init(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie — this is the request transport layer’s origin story, and yes it’s giving very “set me up before the real work starts” energy ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

ssh_rtl_init — initialize the request transport layer. periodt 💅

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🧾 SYNOPSIS 🧾

int ssh_rtl_init (struct ssh_rtl *rtl , struct serdev_device *serdev ,
       const struct ssh_rtl_ops *ops );

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💬 ARGUMENTS 💬

• rtl — the request transport layer you’re initializing, bestie 🫶
• serdev — the underlying serial device, i.e. the lower-level transport 🌸
• ops — request transport layer operations 🔥

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🌟 DESCRIPTION 🌟

So this one initializes the given request transport layer and its associated packet transport layer. The way that it works is very “setup first, threads later,” no cap.

Not me starting the transmitter and receiver threads here, though — those must be started separately via ssh_rtl_start, after the request-layer has been initialized and the lower-level serial device layer has been set up. iykyk 😌

bestie, do not skip the setup order. this function is not the thread-starter, fr fr 🎀

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🔁 RETURN 🔁

Returns zero on success ✅ and a nonzero error code on failure 💀

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• Kernel file ./drivers/platform/surface/aggregator/ssh_request_layer.c
• ssh_rtl_should_drop_response(9)
• ssh_rtl_submit(9)
• ssh_rtl_cancel(9)
• ssh_request_init(9)
• ssh_rtl_destroy(9)
• ssh_rtl_start(9)
• ssh_rtl_flush(9)
• ssh_rtl_shutdown(9)

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source/version vibe: ./drivers/platform/surface/agg... · dated October 2026 · ssh_rtl_init(9) out here living its Kernel API Manual life 🦋💖