ipa_hardware_deconfig(9)

💅 ipa_hardware_deconfig(9) 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the cleanup era for one specific function, no cap. bestie, it's short, it's sweet, it's giving quiet luxury of kernel docs.

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✨ NAME ✨

ipa_hardware_deconfig — the inverse of ipa_hardware_config(), iykyk 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ipa_hardware_deconfig (struct ipa *ipa );

like, that's the whole vibe. one function, one pointer, zero drama.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ipa — the IPA pointer 👑 (yes that's it, that's the argument description, she's concise and we respect it)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so what does she actually do. this restores the power-on reset values — even if they aren't different 😭 like she does it anyway, no vibe check, no "oh it's already correct, skip it." she's restoring regardless. periodt.

lowkey iconic behavior honestly. undoing the hardware config back to factory settings, always, no shortcuts. 💅

ngl, that "even if they aren't different" bit is the whole personality of this function. the manpage said what it said, fr fr.

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c — the IP Accelerator(9)
• enum ipa_firmware_loader(9)
• ipa_setup(9)
• ipa_teardown(9)
• ipa_hardware_dcd_config(9)
• ipa_hardware_config(9)
• ipa_config(9)
• ipa_deconfig(9)
• ipa_probe(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that 🍓

sign-off time: this little gem lives in ./drivers/net/ipa and the date on it is October 2026 ⭐ go read the other IPA pages, they're all in the same friend group 🧚💜