fbtft_unregi..._framebuffer(9)

💅 fbtft_unregister_framebuffer(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual one 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, and today's main character is fbtft_unregister_framebuffer(9). literally the cleanup queen 👑

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✨ NAME ✨

fbtft_unregister_framebuffer — releases a tft frame buffer device 🌸

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int fbtft_unregister_framebuffer (struct fb_info *fb_info );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• fb_info — the frame buffer info structure, periodt 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the vibe 💖 this function:

• Frees SPI driverdata if needed — key words if needed, no cap 😌
• Frees gpios 🔌
• Unregisters frame buffer device 🎀

it's giving teardown era, honestly. the un-registration slay.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the kernel file ./drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c — that's the home base of this whole friend group 🏠

and the rest of the squad, fr fr:

• fbtft_framebuffer_alloc(9)
• fbtft_framebuffer_release(9)
• fbtft_register_framebuffer(9)
• fbtft_init_display_from_property(9)
• fbtft_init_display(9)
• fbtft_verify_gpios(9)
• fbtft_probe_common(9)
• fbtft_remove_common(9)

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🦋 go read them all, bestie — iykyk

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and that's the whole page, mwah 💋

little sign-off: this one lives in ./drivers/staging/fbtft, dated October 2026, and yes the title at the bottom is the same spicy fbtft_unregi..._framebuffer(9) we started with 😭✨ 👑