i915_driver_late_release(9)

💅 i915_driver_late_release — a Kernel API Manual moment (section 9, bestie)

okay so this is i915_driver_late_release(9) straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's basically the cleanup crew of the i915 driver world. 🧹✨

✨ NAME ✨

i915_driver_late_release — cleanup the setup done in i915_driver_early_probe()

like, that's literally her job. early probe did the setup, late release comes back around and undoes it. the circle of life, but make it kernel 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void i915_driver_late_release (struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv );

it returns void, it takes one pointer, it's giving no notes, no drama, just cleanup. 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev_priv — device private

that's the one and only thing she needs from you, bestie. hand her the device private and she'll handle the rest. 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the receipts, the lore, the whole friend group:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_driver.c
• i915_driver_early_probe(9)
• i915_driver_mmio_probe(9)
• i915_driver_mmio_release(9)
• i915_set_dma_info(9)
• i915_driver_hw_probe(9)
• i915_driver_hw_remove(9)
• i915_driver_register(9)
• i915_driver_unregister(9)
• i915_driver_probe(9)

like yeah, she runs with a whole squad. iykyk 💖

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quick vibe check: this page is short and sweet — no options, no env vars, no exit statuses, no bug notes. just one function, one argument, and a whole lot of cleanup energy. no cap. 💀

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎉 source is ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915, dated October 2026, and it ships with the Kernel API Manual — so go forth, call i915_driver_late_release(9), and let her tidy up after i915_driver_early_probe(). slay, cleanup icon, slay 💜🌺⭐