atl1e_remove(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 atl1e_remove(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie 🎀

okay so this is the page for atl1e_remove, straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a short one but it's lowkey important. let's get into it ✨

💖 NAME 💖

atl1e_remove — the Device Removal Routine. yes queen, that's her whole job. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void atl1e_remove (struct pci_dev *pdev );

that's it. that's the whole signature. no return value, she doesn't need one, she's an icon 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • pdev — the PCI device information struct. this is the little packet of PCI lore about the device we're talking about, and yeah, it's a struct pci_dev *. main character energy fr fr 👑

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the vibe: atl1e_remove gets called by the PCI subsystem to alert the driver that it should release a PCI device. that's the whole thing. dramatic? no. essential? absolutely. 😭

and bestie, there are two reasons this could be happening:

  • a Hot-Plug event went down — like the hardware just showed up and said "i'm out" 🔥
  • or the driver is going to be removed from memory — yeah, we're packing up the whole operation 💀

either way, she's the one who gets the heads-up and handles the goodbye. no cap. 🌈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file where all of this actually lives:

./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c

and the whole friend group of related functions — i'm listing every single one of them because we don't do "and friends" erasure here 💜:

like, go read them, they ate 🍓

ngl this page is tiny but she's doing her part, and that's what matters. mwah 💋

okay and for the credits moment 🎬 — this page comes from the kernel docs at ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros... and the date on it is October 2026, so yeah, she's got a timestamp and everything. slay, periodt. ⭐💖

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