i2c_del_driver(9)

💅 i2c_del_driver(9) — from the Kernel API Manual

okay bestie, welcome to the i2c_del_driver(9) page 🎀 this is your girlies' guide to unregistering an I2C driver, straight out of the Kernel API Manual. short page, important job, let's go ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

i2c_del_driver — unregister I2C driver 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void i2c_del_driver (struct i2c_driver *driver );

no return value, nothing to check — it just does the thing 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• driver — the driver being unregistered. yeah that's it, that's the whole arg 🫶

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💜 CONTEXT 💜

can sleep 😴

fr fr, this one can sleep — so don't be calling it from somewhere spicy where sleeping is forbidden, okay? ⭐

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c — plus the whole friend group, in the order they appear:

• i2c_verify_client(9)
• i2c_adapter_lock_bus(9)
• i2c_adapter_trylock_bus(9)
• i2c_adapter_unlock_bus(9)
• i2c_new_client_device(9)
• i2c_unregister_device(9)
• i2c_find_device_by_fwnode(9)
• i2c_new_dummy_device(9)
• devm_i2c_new_dummy_device(9)
• i2c_new_ancillary_device(9)
• i2c_verify_adapter(9)
• i2c_handle_smbus_host_notify(9)
• i2c_add_adapter(9)
• i2c_add_numbered_adapter(9)
• i2c_del_adapter(9)
• devm_i2c_add_adapter(9)
• i2c_find_adapter_by_fwnode(9)
• i2c_get_adapter_by_fwnode(9)
• i2c_parse_fw_timings(9)
• __i2c_transfer(9)
• i2c_transfer(9)
• i2c_transfer_buffer_flags(9)
• i2c_get_device_id(9)
• i2c_client_get_device_id(9)
• i2c_get_dma_safe_msg_buf(9)
• i2c_put_dma_safe_msg_buf(9)

like, the entire i2c cinematic universe is right there 👑 iykyk

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and that's the whole page, bestie — short and iconic, no cap 💖 this lil' rewrite came from the ./drivers/i2c corner of the tree, dated October 2026, and it's still living under the i2c_del_driver(9) name tag. slay, bye 🦋✨