ice_sf_dev_release(9)

💖 ice_sf_dev_release(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for ice_sf_dev_release — the lil cleanup function that releases the device associated with an auxiliary device. short, sweet, and lowkey essential. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ice_sf_dev_release — release device associated with auxiliary device

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void ice_sf_dev_release (struct device *device );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• device — pointer to the device. that's the whole argument list, bestie, we love a one-argument icon. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the vibe: most of the code for subfunction deactivation is handled in the remove handler. so this function is not doing the whole dramatic deactivation main-character arc here — it just frees tracking resources. literally that's it. minimal, intentional, slay. ✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
• ice_sf_cfg_netdev(9)
• ice_sf_dev_probe(9)
• ice_sf_dev_remove(9)
• ice_sf_driver_register(9)
• ice_sf_driver_unregister(9)
• ice_sf_eth_activate(9)
• ice_sf_eth_deactivate(9)

go read those too, iykyk. 📚✨

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okay bye bestie 🫶 this one comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026, and it's serving ice_sf_dev_release(9) energy. 💜🎀