pnp_stop_dev(9)

💅 pnp_stop_dev(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to pnp_stop_dev ✨ this lives in the Kernel API Manual, and it's genuinely one of the short ones — we love a low-effort icon 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

pnp_stop_dev — the low-level disable of the PnP device 🫶 like, it stops the thing. at the lowest level. that's the whole vibe.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int pnp_stop_dev (struct pnp_dev *dev );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — pointer to the desired device 💖 yes, desired. you point at the device you want stopped. that's it. that's the argument.

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💀 DESCRIPTION 💀

it does not free resources. 😭 that's the entire description. no cap. it stops the device and then it walks away and leaves the resources exactly where they are — not its job, not its problem, main character energy only 👑

fr fr though: does not free resources — do not come for this function expecting cleanup, it will not be giving that 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

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

the whole friend group honestly 🧚 go read them, iykyk 💜

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and that's the page!! short, sweet, iconic 🌟 this one's from ./drivers/pnp, dated October 2026 — mwah, sending u all the kernel love, slay 💅💖🎀