fbtft_remove_common(9)
π fbtft_remove_common(9) π
okay so bestie, this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the cleanup crew of the fbtft world π§Ήβ¨
π NAME π
fbtft_remove_common β the generic device remove() helper function, no cap π«Ά
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
void fbtft_remove_common (struct device *dev , struct fb_info *info );
like... that's it. that's the whole signature. iconic behavior honestly π
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
devβ the Device π (yes, that's the whole description, she's a woman of few words)infoβ the Framebuffer πΈ (same energy, short and sweet)
π DESCRIPTION π
Unregisters and releases the framebuffer β¨
yeah. that's the entire vibe. it unregisters it, it releases it, it goes home. main character energy fr fr ππ
π SEE ALSO π
- Kernel file
./drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.cβ go read the source, iykyk π fbtft_framebuffer_alloc(9)fbtft_framebuffer_release(9)fbtft_register_framebuffer(9)fbtft_unregister_framebuffer(9)fbtft_init_display_from_property(9)fbtft_init_display(9)fbtft_verify_gpios(9)fbtft_probe_common(9)
the whole friend group honestly π«Ά the probe one is like the opposite twin, she sets things UP while this one tears things DOWN, obsessed with the symmetry π¦
lowkey a reminder that this page is straight out of ./drivers/staging/fbtft so maybe don't @ me about staging code being staging code π
and that's the page bestie!! π signed off from the Kernel API Manual, source ./drivers/staging/fbtft, dated October 2026, page fbtft_remove_common(9) πβ¨ go unregister something (responsibly) π§π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms