STRUCT TB_SERVICE_DRIVER(9)

💖 struct tb_service_driver(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for struct tb_service_driver(9), aka the Thunderbolt service driver 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

struct tb_service_driver — Thunderbolt service driver. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it's the struct you fill out when you want your driver to hang out with Thunderbolt services 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct tb_service_driver {
    struct device_driver driver;
    int (*probe)(struct tb_service *svc);
    void (*remove)(struct tb_service *svc);
    void (*shutdown)(struct tb_service *svc);
    const struct tb_service_id *id_table;
 };

like, copy that shape exactly, no cap 🎀

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👑 Members 👑

okay so here's who's who in this little friend group:

• driver — the driver structure. yep, the plain ol' struct device_driver that lives inside, main character energy but make it infrastructure 💀
• probe — called when the driver is probed 🔥 this is where your driver wakes up and goes "hiii i'm here"
• remove — called when the driver is removed. it's optional, so you can totally skip it if you want 🙈
• shutdown — called at shutdown time to stop the service. also optional, bestie ⭐
• id_table — table of service identifiers the driver supports 👑 this is your driver's "these are MY people" list

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./include/linux/thunderbolt.h
• enum tb_security_level(9)
• struct tb(9)
• struct tb_property_dir(9)
• struct tb_property(9)
• enum tb_link_width(9)
• struct tb_xdomain(9)
• struct tb_protocol_handler(9)
• struct tb_service(9)
• struct tb_nhi(9)
• struct tb_ring(9)
• enum ring_desc_flags(9)
• struct ring_frame(9)
• tb_ring_rx(9)
• tb_ring_tx(9)
• tb_ring_dma_device(9)

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💜 fr fr go read those too, they're all friends of this page and they all live over in ./include/linux — you'll find them hanging out there.

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🌈 mwah 💋 this one's from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's literally still filed under struct tb_service_driver(9) in the Kernel API Manual — slay ✨🫶🎀