i40e_ptp_free_pins(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 i40e_ptp_free_pins(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this is the page for i40e_ptp_free_pins, and honestly? It's a short one. A little cleanup queen moment. Let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME

i40e_ptp_free_pins — free memory used by PTP pins 🧹✨

Like, it literally does what it says on the tin. It frees the memory that the PTP pins were using. No cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS

void i40e_ptp_free_pins (struct i40e_pf *pf );

she takes one argument and returns void, so don't go looking for a return value, she's not giving you one 💅

💜 DESCRIPTION

Release memory allocated for PTP pins.

that's it. that's the whole bit 🫶 It's the counterpart to the allocating side of things — memory that got allocated for PTP pins gets released here. A little spring cleaning for the driver, periodt. 🌈

👑 ARGUMENTS

  • pf — Board private structure 💖 (that's struct i40e_pf *, the board's own private struct, and yes she's the main character of this function)

⭐ SEE ALSO

the reading list, iykyk 📚 — first up, the actual source file:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c

and then the whole friend group 😭 (all of these are manual pages too, section 9 forever):

(note that i40_ptp_reset_timing_events(9) really is spelled like that in the reference — not me, I promise 🙈 copy it exactly as written, bestie)

lowkey a cute reminder: this page lives under ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e — that's the directory to poke around in if you wanna see the whole i40e PTP situation 🌟

and that's a wrap, bestie 🎀 this page is stamped ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e and dated October 2026, so go off and free those pins 💅✨ mwah 💖

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