firmware_map_remove(9)

💖 firmware_map_remove(9) 💖

okay so this is the firmware_map_remove(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving “small function, very specific job” energy fr fr. Let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

firmware_map_remove — remove a firmware mapping entry

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int firmware_map_remove (u64 start , u64 end , const char *type );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• start — start of the memory range. Like, where the range begins, bestie.
• end — end of the memory range. The finish line.
• type — type of the memory range. The range's whole type situation.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

removes a firmware mapping entry. That's it. That's the whole quest. No cap, this function literally just removes a firmware mapping entry. 🧚

🫶 RETURN 🫶

0 on success, or -EINVAL if no entry. So if it works, you get a cute little 0; if there's no entry, it hits you with -EINVAL. 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/firmware/memmap.c — the source file bestie.
• firmware_map_add_entry(9)
• firmware_map_remove_entry(9)
• firmware_map_find_entry_in_list(9)
• firmware_map_find_entry(9)
• firmware_map_find_entry_bootmem(9)
• firmware_map_add_hotplug(9)
• firmware_map_add_early(9)

🌈 cute little sign-off: source ./drivers/firmware, date October 2026, page firmware_map_remove(9) — periodt 💅💖