ngbe_remove(9)

💅 ngbe_remove — bestie, it's literally the device removal routine

Okay so welcome to ngbe_remove(9), from the Kernel API Manual — this is the little function that shows up when the kernel needs a NIC driver to let go 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ngbe_remove — the Device Removal Routine. Yes that's its whole government name. Iconic, concise, no notes 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ngbe_remove (struct pci_dev *pdev );

That's it. That's the whole signature. Returns nothing, takes one thing. Clean. Minimalist. The main character of teardown functions 💜

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pdev — the PCI device information struct. It's the little info packet describing the PCI device in question, and it's the one thing this function gets handed 🦋

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So ngbe_remove is called by the PCI subsystem to alert the driver that it should release a PCI device. Basically the kernel tapping the driver on the shoulder like "hey. bestie. let it go 💅"

And why would that happen? Two reasons, and the man page is very clear about them:

• A Hot-Plug event happened 🔥
• The driver is going to be removed from memory

Periodt. Those are the reasons. (And ngl, "it could be removed from memory" is giving highkey existential, but that's kernel life for you 😭)

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/ngbe/ngbe_main.c ⭐

And the whole friend group of sibling functions, all in one glorious list:

• ngbe_init_type_code(9)
• ngbe_sw_init(9)
• ngbe_service_task(9)
• ngbe_irq_enable(9)
• ngbe_intr(9)
• ngbe_request_msix_irqs(9)
• ngbe_request_irq(9)
• ngbe_open(9)
• ngbe_close(9)
• ngbe_setup_tc(9)
• ngbe_probe(9)

Go read them, iykyk 🌈

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Little vibe check before you go: this page comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun... and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, mark your calendars, timestamp girlies 🎀✨

Stay hydrated, release your PCI devices responsibly, and remember: ngbe_remove(9) said periodt 💅🦋🌸