pnp_disable_dev(9)

💅 pnp_disable_dev(9) — the Kernel API Manual page, but make it make sense

okay so bestie, we're in the <pink>Kernel API Manual</pink> and today's main character is pnp_disable_dev(9) — a lil function that disables device. That's it, that's the vibe. Come sit with me, this one's short and sweet 🍓

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🎀 SYNOPSIS

int pnp_disable_dev (struct pnp_dev *dev );

like, that's the whole signature. she's compact. she's iconic. she returns an int and nobody's gonna argue with her about it ✨

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🌸 ARGUMENTS

• dev — pointer to the desired device 🫶 literally just hand her a pointer to whichever device you want disabled and she'll take it from there.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION

so what she actually does is inform the correct pnp protocol — that's the whole job — so that the resources can be used by other devices 💖

lowkey that's it. no cap. she tells the protocol what's up, the resources free up, other devices can eat. periodt 👑

ngl bestie, "inform the correct pnp protocol" is doing a lot of quiet lifting here, so don't go assuming she does anything the manpage didn't say. she informs. that's her thing. 🧚

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⭐ SEE ALSO

go read these next, i'm obsessed with all of them fr fr:

• Kernel file ./drivers/pnp/manager.c 🔥
• pnp_assign_resources(9)
• pnp_auto_config_dev(9)
• pnp_start_dev(9)
• pnp_stop_dev(9)
• pnp_activate_dev(9) 💜

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okay that's the whole page, she's a short one but she ate 💅 this was brought to you by ./drivers/pnp, dated October 2026, living in the pnp_disable_dev(9) era 🌈 mwah, go disable some devices responsibly bestie 🎀