wil_platform_init(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ wil_platform_init(9) ✨

okay bestie, buckle up πŸ’– this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the glow-up moment where the platform driver gets initialized. no cap.


πŸŽ€ NAME πŸŽ€

wil_platform_init β€” initialize the platform driver πŸ’…


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

void * wil_platform_init (struct device *dev , struct wil_platform_ops
*ops , const struct wil_platform_rops *rops , void *wil_handle );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

so the page is a little shy here, ngl β€” every single one of these is listed as -- undescribed -- πŸ™ˆ but don't panic, the DESCRIPTION section spills all the tea πŸ«–

  • dev β€” -- undescribed -- (but the DESCRIPTION says it's a pointer to the wil6210 device, iykyk)
  • ops β€” -- undescribed -- (DESCRIPTION has the details, keep reading bestie)
  • rops β€” -- undescribed -- (again… DESCRIPTION. it's giving suspense ✨)
  • wil_handle β€” -- undescribed -- (last one, promise πŸ’€)

πŸ’œ DESCRIPTION πŸ’œ

alright, here's the actual lore πŸ”₯

  • dev β€” pointer to the wil6210 device. main character energy πŸ‘‘
  • ops β€” structure with platform driver operations. the platform driver will fill this structure with function pointers. so like, you hand over the empty scrapbook and it fills it in for you 🫢
  • rops β€” structure with callbacks from platform driver to this driver. the platform driver copies the structure to its own storage. and β€” important β€” it can be NULL if this driver does not support crash recovery 😭 (yes, that's a real caveat, don't skip it)
  • wil_handle β€” context for this driver that will be passed when the platform driver invokes one of the callbacks in rops. it may be NULL if rops is NULL. like, they match, okay? πŸ’…
ngl, the argument list up top being all -- undescribed -- while the description goes this hard is such a mood. anyway β€” every detail above is load-bearing, so don't go dropping any of it πŸ’–

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil_platform.h
  • struct wil_platform_ops(9)
  • struct wil_platform_rops(9)

go read those next bestie, they're iconic in their own right πŸ¦‹


and that's the whole page, periodt πŸ’… this little gem comes from ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil... and it's dated October 2026 β€” keep it in your notes and slay your kernel dev era πŸ‘‘πŸŒΈπŸ’–

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