acpi_dev_clear_dependencies(9)

💅 acpi_dev_clear_dependencies(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual, section 9, bestie ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — yes the big serious kernel one — and it's about acpi_dev_clear_dependencies. it's short. it's sweet. it's giving "one job and she does it." let's get into it 🫶

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🎀 NAME 🎀

acpi_dev_clear_dependencies — the function that goes and tells all the consumers "hey bestie, the device is active now, you're so welcome" 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void acpi_dev_clear_dependencies(struct acpi_device *supplier);

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no return value, she just does things 💅

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• supplier — Pointer to the supplier struct acpi_device. yeah. that one. the supplier in question. the main character of this whole operation 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Clear dependencies on the given device. literally that's the assignment, no cap 🎯

like — the dependencies get cleared. on that device. the one you passed in. done. iconic behavior, honestly 😌✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/acpi/scan.c — go read her, she's the source of truth 📖

• acpi_scan_drop_device(9)
• acpi_fetch_acpi_dev(9)
• acpi_get_acpi_dev(9)
• acpi_dma_supported(9)
• acpi_get_dma_attr(9)
• acpi_dma_get_range(9)
• acpi_dma_configure_id(9)
• acpi_walk_dep_device_list(9)
• acpi_dev_ready_for_enumeration(9)
• acpi_dev_get_next_consumer_dev(9)
• acpi_bus_scan(9)
• acpi_bus_trim(9)

all of these are in the same friend group fr fr, go say hi 🌈

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ngl this one's a short read — but every single one of those SEE ALSO entries is a real page and you will be clicking through them at 2am. iykyk 💀

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and that's the whole page!! brought to you by ./drivers/acpi, dated October 2026, and signed off by acpi_dev_clear_dependencies(9) herself 💜 mwah, go clear some dependencies bestie 🧚‍♀️🎀