nfp_net_free(9)
π NAME π
nfp_net_free β the undoing era β¨ it literally reverses everything that @nfp_net_alloc() did, no cap
So bestie, this is the kernel API manual page for nfp_net_free(9) β like, the actual Kernel API Manual one π β and it's giving "cleanup arc, main character exits gracefully." Obsessed.
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
void nfp_net_free (struct nfp_net *nn );
That's it. That's the whole vibe check. Returns void, takes one pointer, zero drama π
πΈ ARGUMENTS πΈ
nnβ the NFP Net device to reconfigure π«Ά like, this is the thing you're handing over so it can get its little config situation sorted out. One argument, one job, she ate.
β SEE ALSO β
Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c β that's where the magic lives, bestie, go read the source fr fr π
And the whole friend group, the entire nfp_net extended universe, all linked up and matching energy:
nfp_net_get_fw_version(9)nfp_net_reconfig_post(9)__nfp_net_reconfig(9)nfp_net_mbox_reconfig(9)nfp_net_irqs_alloc(9)nfp_net_irqs_assign(9)nfp_net_irqs_disable(9)nfp_net_irq_rxtx(9)nfp_net_read_link_status(9)nfp_net_irq_lsc(9)nfp_net_irq_exn(9)nfp_net_aux_irq_request(9)nfp_net_aux_irq_free(9)nfp_net_vecs_init(9)nfp_net_rss_write_itbl(9)nfp_net_rss_write_key(9)nfp_net_coalesce_write_cfg(9)nfp_net_write_mac_addr(9)nfp_net_clear_config_and_disable(9)nfp_net_set_config_and_enable(9)nfp_net_close_stack(9)nfp_net_close_free_all(9)nfp_net_netdev_close(9)nfp_net_open_stack(9)nfp_net_info(9)nfp_net_alloc(9)nfp_net_rss_key_sz(9)nfp_net_rss_init(9)nfp_net_irqmod_init(9)nfp_net_init(9)nfp_net_clean(9)
Thirty-one entries and not a single one skipped, because we do NOT do half-finished reading lists in this house πβ¨
Lowkey important:nfp_net_freeis the undo button fornfp_net_alloc(). If you allocated, you free. That's the whole cycle. Periodt π
Okay that's the page!! π Sending you off with the cutest little sign-off ever: this gem comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/netrono... (yes the path is literally truncated like that in the source, don't come for me π) and it's dated October 2026, page name nfp_net_free(9). Bye bestie, go free your net devices responsibly ππ¦π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms