b43_phy_free(9)

💅 b43_phy_free(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page you didn't know you needed

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 bestie 🫶 — this is the page for b43_phy_free, and it is genuinely so simple it's almost iconic for it.

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✨ NAME ✨

b43_phy_free — Free PHY structs

like... it frees the PHY structs. that's the whole vibe. no notes. 💀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void b43_phy_free (struct b43_wldev *dev );

returns void, so like, don't sit there waiting for a return value, she gives you nothing back and she's at peace with that ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — ok so the official docs literally say -- undescribed -- and honestly? same energy as a group chat where someone just replies "yeah". 🙈 that's it, that's the description. it's a struct b43_wldev *, and that is genuinely all this page tells us. no cap.

ngl if you were hoping for a deep lore drop about what dev does, this manpage said "not my job" and left. 💅

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole b43 squad came out for this one, so let's give them their moment 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_common.h
• enum b43_interference_mitigation(9)
• enum b43_txpwr_result(9)
• struct b43_phy_operations(9)
• b43_phy_allocate(9)
• b43_phy_init(9)
• b43_phy_exit(9)
• b43_has_hardware_pctl(9)
• b43_phy_read(9)
• b43_phy_write(9)
• b43_phy_copy(9)
• b43_phy_mask(9)
• b43_phy_set(9)
• b43_phy_maskset(9)
• b43_radio_read(9)
• b43_radio_write(9)
• b43_radio_mask(9)
• b43_radio_set(9)
• b43_radio_maskset(9)
• b43_radio_wait_value(9)
• b43_radio_lock(9)
• b43_radio_unlock(9)
• b43_phy_lock(9)
• b43_phy_unlock(9)
• b43_switch_channel(9)
• b43_software_rfkill(9)
• b43_phy_txpower_check(9)
• enum b43_phy_txpower_check_flags(9)
• b43_phy_shm_tssi_read(9)

like, the way this function has an entire extended friend group 😭 free her and all her friends, honestly.

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🌈 it's short, it's sweet, it's giving "minimalist main character energy." mwah 💋

cute little sign-off: this page came from the source ./drivers/net/wireless/broadco... and it's dated October 2026 — star it, screenshot it, put it on your fridge 🍓⭐