atl1c_remove(9)

💅 atl1c_remove — the Kernel API Manual, but make it make sense

okay so bestie, welcome to atl1c_remove(9) — yes that's the manual section notation, iykyk — and no, it's not a scary boss fight, it's literally just the "bye girl" function for a PCI device 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

atl1c_remove — the Device Removal Routine. it's giving cleanup era, it's giving "pack your bags, we're leaving" 🧳

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void atl1c_remove (struct pci_dev *pdev );

that's it. that's the whole signature. no return value, no drama — it's void, it hands nothing back, it's just doing the work and dipping 💅

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• pdev — the PCI device information struct 🫶 like, this is THE device, the one and only, the main character of this whole removal arc. it's a struct pci_dev * and it holds all the PCI device info the routine needs.

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea ☕ atl1c_remove gets called by the PCI subsystem to alert the driver that it should, respectfully, release a PCI device. the driver's like "okay bestie, noted, letting go 🫶".

and because nothing in kernel land is ever simple, this can happen for a couple of reasons:

• a Hot-Plug event went down 🔥 (yes, hardware appearing and disappearing in real time, iconic behaviour)
• or because the driver is going to be removed from memory 💀 which is exactly as final as it sounds

either way, atl1c_remove is the one catching the signal and handling the goodbye. no cap, it's just that reliable.

fr fr don't skip this one — the PCI subsystem is counting on it to release the device properly 🙈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay prepare yourself, the friend group is LARGE 👑

the source file itself:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c ⭐

and all the siblings, alphabetically unbothered:

• atl1c_irq_enable(9)
• atl1c_irq_disable(9)
• atl1c_phy_config(9)
• atl1c_tx_timeout(9)
• atl1c_set_multi(9)
• atl1c_set_mac_addr(9)
• atl1c_change_mtu(9)
• atl1c_alloc_queues(9)
• atl1c_sw_init(9)
• atl1c_clean_tx_ring(9)
• atl1c_clean_rx_ring(9)
• atl1c_free_ring_resources(9)
• atl1c_setup_ring_resources(9)
• atl1c_configure_mac(9)
• atl1c_get_stats(9)
• atl1c_intr(9)
• atl1c_clean_rx(9)
• atl1c_open(9)
• atl1c_close(9)
• atl1c_probe(9)
• atl1c_io_error_detected(9)
• atl1c_io_slot_reset(9)
• atl1c_io_resume(9)

like, that's the whole atl1c cinematic universe 🌈 go read them, they ate 💅

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🎀 sign-off 🎀

source shawty lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros... (the path got cutely truncated, that's just how the footer rolls) and this whole vibe-check was stamped October 2026 ⭐ atl1c_remove(9) forever, periodt 💜