media_device_unregister(9)

💅 media_device_unregister(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this entry is short and sweet, and honestly it's giving “one job, done cute.” 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

media_device_unregister — Unregisters a media device element 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void media_device_unregister (struct media_device *mdev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• mdev — pointer to struct media_device 👑 that's the main character right there

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Calling this function on an unregistered (but initialised) media device is safe 🫶 no cap, that's literally the whole vibe. It will not freak out just because the thing isn't registered yet — as long as it's initialised, you're good. 🌸

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go check these besties, they're all linked up:

• Kernel file ./include/media/media-device.h — the header home base 📁
• struct media_entity_notify(9)
• struct media_device_ops(9)
• struct media_device(9)
• media_device_init(9)
• media_device_cleanup(9)
• __media_device_register(9)
• media_device_register(9)
• media_device_register_entity(9)
• media_device_unregister_entity(9)
• media_device_register_entity_notify(9)
• media_device_unregister_entity_notify(9)
• media_device_pci_init(9)
• __media_device_usb_init(9)
• media_device_usb_init(9)
• media_set_bus_info(9)

media_device_unregister(9) is signing off from ./include/media, October 2026 — bye bestie, slay your kernel work 💖🦋✨