e1000_exit_module(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 e1000_exit_module(9) — or, the Kernel API Manual's "saying bye to the driver" page 🫶

okay so bestie, you found yourself on the e1000_exit_module page of the Kernel API Manual (that's the manual name, mwah, we love a title ✨). This is the little routine that handles the goodbye. Let's get into it 💖

✨ NAME ✨

e1000_exit_module — the Driver Exit Cleanup Routine 🎀

No cap, that's its whole job description. It cleans up on the way out. Iconic.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void e1000_exit_module (void );

Return type void, takes void. It gives nothing back and it wants nothing from you. Honestly? Main character energy 👑

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • void — literally no arguments. zero. nada. it wants for nothing. you don't pass it a thing, and it will not be accepting feedback 💅

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So here's the tea 🍓: e1000_exit_module is called just before the driver is removed from memory.

That's it. That's the moment. It's the last-call, lights-coming-up, grab-your-jacket moment for the driver — it runs right before the thing gets yeeted out of memory entirely. Cleanup era 💀✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Buckle up bestie, this is a long list and we are NOT skipping a single one, because every single one of these is part of the story 🫶

First, the source file the docs point you at:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c

And now the whole friend group 👑 (in the exact order the manual has them, no shuffling):

ok that's the whole page bestie, go read the code, it's right there in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c 👀

and finally, the lil sign-off 🎀 — this page is stamped October 2026, it's serving e1000_exit_module(9) realness, and the source path in the footer got cut off all cute like ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e... (truncation queen 💅). byeeee 💖✨

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