ice_sf_eth_deactivate(9)

💅 ice_sf_eth_deactivate(9) — like, the deactivation era 🦋

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this page is all about ice_sf_eth_deactivate. it's giving cleanup era, it's giving "we're done here" energy, and honestly? iconic. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_sf_eth_deactivate — deactivate the Ethernet subfunction port, periodt 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void ice_sf_eth_deactivate (struct ice_dynamic_port *dyn_port );

no return value, no drama, just vibes and a void. we love a function that doesn't hand you a status code to worry about 🫶

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⭐ ARGUMENTS ⭐

• dyn_port — the dynamic port instance for this subfunction. like, this specific one, the main character of the port world 💖

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So what does it do? It deactivates the Ethernet subfunction. and when I say deactivate I mean it goes in and removes its auxiliary device and the associated resources too. full cleanup arc, no crumbs left behind, ate and left no evidence 🧚✨

lowkey important: this is a teardown function, so it's the "we're shutting it down" moment, not the "let's spin it up" moment. iykyk 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file that lives at:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c

and the whole friend group of related functions, fr fr:

• 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_dev_release(9)
• ice_sf_eth_activate(9) — the flip side, the "activate" bestie 👑

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this one comes to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026 — go drink some water and go read ice_sf_eth_activate(9) next, bestie 🍓💜