parport_unregister_device(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

Okay bestie, this page is parport_unregister_device(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and the main-character function here is parport_unregister_device — its whole job is to deregister a device on a parallel port. That's it, that's the vibe. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

Here's the signature, character for character, no cap:

void parport_unregister_device (struct pardevice *dev );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• dev — pointer to the structure representing the device. Yep, that's the whole argument. 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

This undoes the effect of parport_register_device. Think "undo button" for a device registration on a parallel port — iconic cleanup behavior, fr fr. 🧚

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

The kernel file to peep is ./drivers/parport/share.c, and here's the related-call squad:

• __parport_register_driver(9)
• parport_unregister_driver(9)
• parport_get_port(9)
• parport_put_port(9)
• parport_register_port(9)
• parport_announce_port(9)
• parport_remove_port(9)
• parport_register_dev_model(9)
• parport_find_number(9)
• parport_find_base(9)
• parport_claim(9)
• parport_claim_or_block(9)
• parport_release(9)

Mwah 💋 — source/version: ./drivers/parport, date: October 2026, page: parport_unregister_device(9). Bye bestie, go deregister responsibly! 🫶✨