stmmac_pltfr_init(9)

🌸 stmmac_pltfr_init — a Kernel API Manual moment 💅

okay so bestie, quick vibe check: you're reading the Kernel API Manual page for stmmac_pltfr_init(9), and honestly? It's a little one. A snack-sized function. But we're gonna give it the main character energy it deserves anyway, because every helper in stmmac_platform.c matters. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

stmmac_pltfr_init —

and that's it. That's the whole name section. The original really just trailed off with a dash like it got distracted mid-text. No description, no nothing. Lowkey iconic of it, ngl. 😭

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int stmmac_pltfr_init (struct device *dev , struct plat_stmmacenet_data *plat );

so it takes two things, hands back an int, and that's the whole plot. ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — a pointer to the struct device situation, aka the device structure. It's giving "who am I and where do I live" energy. 💖
• plat — the driver data platform structure, aka struct plat_stmmacenet_data. This is the chunky little bag of platform details that the driver actually cares about. 🍓

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Here's the tea, and it's short but important: this function calls the platform's init callback — if there even is one, no pressure — and then it propagates the return value back out.

That's the entire job. It picks up the return value from that callback and passes it right along, fr fr. No extra seasoning, no secret side quests. It just forwards the vibe. 💅

ngl, "if any" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence, so don't assume a callback exists — the source literally says if any. 🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c — go read her, she's the source of truth. 🌈

And the whole friend group:

• dwmac1000_validate_mcast_bins(9)
• dwmac1000_validate_ucast_entries(9)
• stmmac_axi_setup(9)
• stmmac_mtl_setup(9)
• stmmac_of_get_mdio(9)
• stmmac_mdio_setup(9)
• stmmac_of_get_mac_mode(9)
• stmmac_probe_config_dt(9)
• devm_stmmac_probe_config_dt(9)
• stmmac_pltfr_get_irq_array(9)
• stmmac_pltfr_exit(9)
• stmmac_pltfr_probe(9)
• devm_stmmac_pltfr_probe(9)
• stmmac_pltfr_remove(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🧚 little function, big responsibilities. this one came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/... (the truncated path, you know how it is) and the page is dated October 2026 — so like, future vibes only. ⭐ bye, love u, go read stmmac_pltfr_exit(9) next 💜