device_remove_software_node(9)

💅 device_remove_software_node(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the device_remove_software_node(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is your group-chat explainer for removing a device’s software node, and yes, we’re keeping every single detail 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

device_remove_software_node — remove a device’s software node 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void device_remove_software_node (struct device *dev );

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• dev — the device with the software node 🥹 that’s the one we’re talking about here, bestie.

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so this function will unregister the software node of dev. that’s the whole move. no cap, that’s what it does ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file is ./drivers/base/swnode.c, and these besties are linked too 🫶

• property_entries_dup(9)
• property_entries_free(9)
• software_node_find_by_name(9)
• software_node_register_node_group(9)
• software_node_unregister_node_group(9)
• software_node_register(9)
• software_node_unregister(9)
• device_add_software_node(9)
• device_create_managed_software_node(9)

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🫶 mwah 💖 this is device_remove_software_node(9) from the Kernel API Manual, source ./drivers/base, dated October 2026 — and that’s the vibe check, periodt 💅✨