octep_remove(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’– octep_remove(9) β€” the Kernel API Manual glow-up ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to octep_remove(9) β€” literally the "we're so done here" function of the Octeon PCI driver corner of the kernel. it's part of the Kernel API Manual and it's giving cleanup era in the best way πŸ’…


πŸŽ€ NAME πŸŽ€

octep_remove β€” remove the Octeon PCI device from driver control, no cap.


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void octep_remove (struct pci_dev *pdev );

πŸ¦‹ ARGUMENTS πŸ¦‹

  • pdev β€” the PCI device structure of the Octeon device. that's your main character right there πŸ‘‘

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what this icon does is clean up all the resources allocated for the Octeon device. literally all of them, nothing left behind, we love a thorough queen 🧹✨

then it unregisters from the network device, and disables the PCI device. that's it, that's the whole vibe check. bye bye device πŸ’€πŸ‘‹


πŸ’œ SEE ALSO πŸ’œ

the kernel file lives right here, go read it iykyk:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c

and now the whole friend group, because octep_remove does NOT exist in isolation:


and that's the whole page bestie, you ate it up πŸ’–

this little masterpiece comes to you from the source/version line ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell... and it's dated October 2026 β€” iconic, timeless, periodt πŸŽ€βœ¨

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from