ixgbevf_exit_module(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbevf_exit_module — the Kernel API Manual glow-up edition ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for ixgbevf_exit_module, aka the Driver Exit Cleanup Routine 🎀 this one is literally so short and so chill, but she still matters, so let's give her the moment she deserves 💖

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_exit_module — the Driver Exit Cleanup Routine 🧹💫

like, yes, that's the whole name. no cap, she's not trying to be mysterious.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ixgbevf_exit_module (void );

look at her!! void in, void out, absolutely no drama, main character energy but make it minimal 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • void — no arguments. none. zero. the girl takes nothing from anybody 💅✨

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so here's the tea: ixgbevf_exit_module is called just before the driver is removed from memory 👀 that's it, that's the whole job — she's the last one out, turning off the lights, making sure everything's tidy before the driver dips out of memory entirely 💀🧹

ngl it's giving "responsible friend who makes sure nobody leaves their jacket at the party" — iconic behavior, honestly 🌈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

bestie, buckle up, because this list is long — she's got a whole friend group and every single one of them is invited 😭💖 also catch the kernel file where all this magic lives:

ok that's the whole page!! she's short, she's sweet, she cleans up after herself — we stan 💜

and finally, the cute lil sign-off 🎀 this page comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 — mwah, love that for us, periodt 💅✨🦋

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