mite_release_channel(9)

💅 mite_release_channel(9)

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and bestie, it's a short one — but it's important, so stay with me 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

mite_release_channel — literally just: release a MITE dma channel. that's it. that's the whole vibe. you had a channel, now you're giving it back 😌

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void mite_release_channel (struct mite_channel *mite_chan );

no return value, no drama. it's giving void and honestly? iconic 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• mite_chan — the MITE dma channel 💖 yeah that's the one you're releasing. the channel in question. the main character of this function call, fr fr.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

like, the whole MITE friend group is in the kernel file ./drivers/comedi/drivers/mite.c — go say hi to all of them:

• mite_bytes_in_transit(9)
• mite_sync_dma(9)
• mite_ack_linkc(9)
• mite_done(9)
• mite_dma_arm(9)
• mite_dma_disarm(9)
• mite_prep_dma(9)
• mite_request_channel_in_range(9)
• mite_request_channel(9)
• mite_init_ring_descriptors(9)
• mite_buf_change(9)
• mite_alloc_ring(9)
• mite_free_ring(9)
• mite_attach(9)
• mite_detach(9)

ngl that's a whole squad 🫶 and yes, mite_request_channel(9) is the one you probably called before this — you gotta request before you release, iykyk 🔥

and that's the page, bestie! short and sweet, just like this one 🌈

💀 reminder: this lives under ./drivers/comedi/drivers, dated October 2026, and the page itself is mite_release_channel(9) — write that down or whatever, it's giving study guide 📝✨