axienet_mdio_teardown(9)

✨ axienet_mdio_teardown ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this is the page for axienet_mdio_teardown — aka the MDIO remove function. yes, the goodbye era. the cleanup arc. the "we had a good run but someone's gotta free the memory" moment 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

axienet_mdio_teardown — the MDIO remove function, fr fr. it's the one that undoes the setup and lets the MDIO stuff go 👋

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void axienet_mdio_teardown (struct axienet_local *lp);

like, that's the whole vibe. no return value, she just does the teardown and dips 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• lp — pointer to the axienet local data structure. yes, that struct axienet_local. she needs it to know which MDIO situation to un-register 🫶

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea: this function unregisters the MDIO and frees any associate memory for mii bus ✨ that's it, that's the whole job. it's giving responsible main character energy — the setup happened, and now the teardown has to happen too, no cap 😌

ngl, "associate memory" is literally how the original words it — quoted with love, not a typo on my end 🫡

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_mdio.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖
• axienet_mdio_wait_until_ready(9)
• axienet_mdio_mdc_enable(9)
• axienet_mdio_mdc_disable(9)
• axienet_mdio_read(9)
• axienet_mdio_write(9)
• axienet_mdio_enable(9)
• axienet_mdio_setup(9) — the one that started it all tbh, teardown's origin story 💀

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and that's the page!! 💖 sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx, dated October 2026, filed under axienet_mdio_teardown(9) — mwah, go free that mii bus memory bestie, slay 🧚‍♀️⭐