hinic_free_hwdev(9)

💖 hinic_free_hwdev — a Kernel API Manual moment 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for hinic_free_hwdev, and honestly? she's short, she's sweet, and she's the cleanup queen of the Huawei hinic driver universe 👑

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✨ NAME ✨

hinic_free_hwdev — literally frees the NIC HW device. that's it, that's the whole job 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void hinic_free_hwdev (struct hinic_hwdev *hwdev );

no return value, no drama, just vibes and deallocation 🦋

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• hwdev — the NIC HW device 👑 this is the one getting freed, bestie, so like… know who you're handing over

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the part where she name-drops everyone in her contacts list, and ngl it's iconic 💅

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_dev.c — yep, that's where she lives 🏠
• parse_capability(9)
• get_capability(9)
• get_dev_cap(9)
• init_msix(9)
• disable_msix(9)
• hinic_port_msg_cmd(9)
• init_fw_ctxt(9)
• set_hw_ioctxt(9)
• clear_io_resources(9)
• set_resources_state(9)
• get_base_qpn(9)
• hinic_hwdev_ifup(9)
• hinic_hwdev_ifdown(9)
• hinic_hwdev_cb_register(9)
• hinic_hwdev_cb_unregister(9)
• nic_mgmt_msg_handler(9)
• init_pfhwdev(9)
• free_pfhwdev(9)
• hinic_init_hwdev(9)
• hinic_hwdev_num_qps(9)
• hinic_hwdev_get_sq(9)
• hinic_hwdev_get_rq(9)
• hinic_hwdev_msix_cnt_set(9)
• hinic_hwdev_msix_set(9)
• hinic_hwdev_hw_ci_addr_set(9)
• hinic_hwdev_set_msix_state(9)

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💀 reminder bestie: this page is one function, no options, no exit statuses, no environment variables — she is unbothered and minimalist. don't go looking for flags that aren't there, iykyk 🙈

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and that's the whole page, fr fr 🍓 big kiss to the source/version line ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/... and to October 2026 for the timestamp — catch you in the kernel tree, bestie, mwah 💜🧚