xe_pm_probe(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 xe_pm_probe — like, the actual NAME section 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to xe_pm_probe from the Kernel API Manual (yes, the Kernel API Manual, we're in the big leagues now ✨). This is the little function that gets Xe Power Management set up and ready to slay. It's giving "first day of school" energy for your GPU's power management 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int xe_pm_probe (struct xe_device *xe );

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. one argument, one int coming back at you 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • xe — literally just the xe_device instance. that's your whole ass GPU device struct, bestie, handing itself over so the probe can do its thing 💖

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea: this function checks d3cold capability. that's it. that's the description. it's a whole short king of a manpage and honestly? iconic. no cap, it does exactly one job and it does it 💅

so like, when this runs, it's looking at whether your device can go all the way into that d3cold state. vibe check for deep sleep mode, basically 😴✨

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • 0 on success 🎉 (slay, we love a zero)
  • a negative error code on failure 😭 (not slay, but at least it tells you)

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

bestie, this list is long and honestly? it ate. here's the whole crew, all in the ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pm.c file under Xe Power Management(9) — the main character herself 🧚

like, that's the entire friend group right there 🌈 go read them, iykyk 💜

ngl the whole page is like four lines of actual content and then a massive SEE ALSO section. respect the hustle tbh 🙈

mwah 💋 that's the page! brought to you straight out of the ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe directory, stamped October 2026, and yes it's still xe_pm_probe(9) — no thoughts, just d3cold capability checks. periodt 💅✨🎀

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