fbnic_remove(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 fbnic_remove(9) — bestie edition, from the Kernel API Manual ✨

Okay so picture this: it's the Linux kernel API docs, it's fbnic_remove, and it's literally about telling a PCI device to pack its bags. Let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

fbnic_remove — the Device Removal Routine, aka the "you're done here, queen" moment 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void fbnic_remove (struct pci_dev *pdev );

That's it. That's the whole signature. No return value, because it's a void function and it simply is 🦋

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • pdev — the PCI device information struct. This is the little info packet about the PCI device we're talking about, and yes you gotta pass it, no cap 💖

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So here's the tea ☕ — the PCI subsystem calls fbnic_remove to alert the driver that it should go ahead and release a PCI device. It's basically the kernel tapping you on the shoulder like "hey bestie, wrap it up."

This could happen because of a Hot-Plug event (yes, devices can just get yanked out mid-vibe 😭), or because the driver is going to be removed from memory. Either way, the vibe check says: release the device. Periodt 💅

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_pci.c — go read it, iykyk 🧚

All the siblings in the same friend group, fr fr 🌈

Lowkey important: this routine gets called by the PCI subsystem — you're not summoning it yourself, it's coming for you. Main character energy, honestly 💀

And that's the page!! Source path and version vibes: ./drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic, dated October 2026 — like, from the future?? iconic ⭐ Thanks for reading my TED talk, mwah 🍓💜

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