stmmac_pltfr_probe(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 stmmac_pltfr_probe — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the stmmac_pltfr_probe(9) page, straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is the function that kicks off the whole platform-side probe party for the stmmac driver, and yes it's as niche as it sounds, but we're gonna understand it together 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

stmmac_pltfr_probe — and honestly? the original page leaves the description after the dash totally blank 🙈 so we're not gonna invent one. It's just… the name. Iconic, mysterious, no notes 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int stmmac_pltfr_probe (struct platform_device *pdev , struct
plat_stmmacenet_data *plat , struct stmmac_resources *res );

so it returns an int (iykyk, that's the classic kernel "0 or bust" situation) and it takes three things. let's meet them 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pdev — the platform device pointer 🦋 like, the device we're probing, in pointer form.
  • plat — the driver data platform structure. yes it's called plat. yes it's the platform struct. we love a short name.
  • res — the stmmac resources structure. the resources!! the good stuff 💖

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so what does it actually do? literally this: it calls the platform's init callback and then probes the stmmac driver. that's the whole vibe. init callback gets called, stmmac gets probed, main character energy all around 👑

no cap, that's the entire description in the original, so that's the entire description here too. short and slay ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the file this whole thing lives in:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c 📁

and then the whole friend group of related functions, all of them, no skipping 🫶

like, the whole probe-to-remove lifecycle is right there. a little family reunion 😭💜

ngl bestie, if you're poking at stmmac platform probing, read the friends above too — they're all in the same stmmac_platform.c neighborhood and they all come as (9) man pages 🧚

and that's the page!! 🍓 cute little sign-off for you: this one's sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro... and dated October 2026, and the page itself is stmmac_pltfr_probe(9) — go probe something, bestie, and slay 💅✨

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