davinci_emac_exit(9)
β¨ davinci_emac_exit π
okay so real talk, this one's from the Kernel API Manual, and it's genuinely the chillest page you'll ever read. it's the little goodbye function π β no cap, it's short, but it matters. bestie, this is the exit door of the whole EMAC driver. let's get into it π¦
πΈ NAME πΈ
davinci_emac_exit β the EMAC driver module exit, aka the "we're leaving, pack your bags" moment π
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
void davinci_emac_exit (void );
literally just that. look at it. so simple. main character energy π
π ARGUMENTS π
voidβ no arguments. none. zero. nothing. it's giving "i need nothing from you" πβ¨
π₯ DESCRIPTION π₯
okay so here's the tea β β this gets called when you're exiting the driver completely. like, full shutdown, no turning back, closing time π
what does it actually do? we unregister the driver with the platform, and then we exit. that's it. that's the whole vibe. slay π
ngl, it's a short one, but it's the last thing that runs before the driver dips, so it's lowkey important π«Ά
π SEE ALSO π
the whole friend group π«Ά β if you're digging around in this part of the kernel you'll probably bump into:
emac_get_drvinfo(9)emac_get_coalesce(9)emac_set_coalesce(9)emac_update_phystatus(9)hash_get(9)emac_hash_add(9)emac_hash_del(9)emac_add_mcast(9)emac_dev_mcast_set(9)emac_int_disable(9)emac_int_enable(9)emac_irq(9)emac_dev_xmit(9)emac_dev_tx_timeout(9)emac_set_type0addr(9)emac_set_type1addr(9)emac_set_type2addr(9)emac_setmac(9)emac_dev_setmac_addr(9)emac_hw_enable(9)emac_poll(9)emac_poll_controller(9)emac_devioctl(9)emac_dev_open(9)emac_dev_stop(9)emac_dev_getnetstats(9)davinci_emac_probe(9)davinci_emac_remove(9)davinci_emac_init(9)
and the kernel file itself lives right here, iykyk π:
./drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
okay that's the whole page, you ate that π go read the source (./drivers/net/ethernet/ti) β this one's dated October 2026 and the page is davinci_emac_exit(9), mwah π bye bestie!! ππ§ββοΈ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
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