stmmac_dvr_probe(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 stmmac_dvr_probe(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (that's the manual name, bestie, keep it in your notes 🎀) and today's main character is stmmac_dvr_probe. she's the probe function for the stmmac ethernet driver and honestly she does a lot of heavy lifting behind the scenes 🌸

✨ NAME ✨

stmmac_dvr_probe —

not me leaving the description blank 😭 nope, that's literally how it comes. no tagline, no summary, just the name and a dash. mysterious. iconic. the manpage said "figure it out."

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int stmmac_dvr_probe (struct device *dev , struct plat_stmmacenet_data
*plat_dat , struct stmmac_resources *res );

she takes three pointers and hands you back an int. that's the whole vibe check 💫

🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

  • dev — device pointer. the device's little handle, bestie 🫶
  • plat_dat — platform data pointer. struct plat_stmmacenet_data *, so the platform bits live in here ✨
  • res — stmmac resource pointer. struct stmmac_resources *, the resources get passed in through this one 🎀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so basically 🌟 this is the main probe function, and here's the tea: it's the one that calls alloc_etherdev and allocates the priv structure. that's the assignment. that's what she does. no cap. 💅

like, when the driver gets probed, this is the function that shows up first with her clipboard, gets the ethernet device allocated via alloc_etherdev, and gets the private (priv) structure set up too. main character energy fr fr 👑

🌈 RETURN 🌈

  • returns 0 on success 🎉
  • otherwise, it returns an errno 💀

so like, 0 = slay, anything else = check your errno and go cry about it (affectionately) 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

first up, the actual kernel file where all this lives:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c

and now the extended universe — grab a snack, this is a long one 🍓✨ every single one of these is (9) iykyk:

lowkey that's 80 functions. she has a lot of friends. i'm not jealous. i'm taking notes 🧚💜

okay that's the page!! 🎀 and per the footer, this beauty comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro... (yes the path is literally truncated in the source, don't come for me 🙈) and it's dated October 2026 ⭐ so mark your calendars, bestie — this probe function is out here living her best life in the stmmac_dvr_probe(9) era 💅✨💖

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