qed_resc_free(9)

💅 qed_resc_free — freeing your device's stuff (the manual, bestie)

okay so real talk, this page is qed_resc_free(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the cleanup era of the qed lifecycle ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

qed_resc_free — Free device resources.

like, it frees the device resources. the name ate and left no crumbs 💀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void qed_resc_free (struct qed_dev *cdev );

one function, one argument, returns nothing. minimalism is the vibe, periodt 🫶

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• cdev — the Qed dev pointer. it's giving "the whole device, bestie" — hand it over and the resources get freed. that's it, that's the argument 💖

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🦋 RETURN 🦋

Void.

yep. nothing comes back. it just does the thing and dips 💅 no return value to check, no drama, no cap.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the kernel file this all lives in — go look, iykyk:

./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dev_api.h

and now the whole friend group, all the (9) besties you might wanna meet 👑:

• qed_init_dp(9)
• qed_init_struct(9)
• qed_resc_alloc(9)
• qed_resc_setup(9)
• qed_hw_init(9)
• qed_hw_timers_stop_all(9)
• qed_hw_stop(9)
• qed_hw_stop_fastpath(9)
• qed_hw_start_fastpath(9)
• qed_hw_prepare(9)
• qed_hw_remove(9)
• qed_ptt_acquire(9)
• qed_ptt_acquire_context(9)
• qed_ptt_release(9)
• qed_dmae_host2grc(9)
• qed_dmae_host2host(9)
• qed_fw_l2_queue(9)
• qed_fw_vport(9)
• qed_fw_rss_eng(9)
• qed_llh_get_num_ppfid(9)
• qed_llh_set_ppfid_affinity(9)
• qed_llh_set_roce_affinity(9)
• qed_llh_add_mac_filter(9)
• qed_llh_remove_mac_filter(9)
• qed_llh_add_protocol_filter(9)
• qed_llh_remove_protocol_filter(9)
• qed_final_cleanup(9)
• qed_get_queue_coalesce(9)
• qed_set_queue_coalesce(9)
• qed_pglueb_set_pfid_enable(9)
• qed_db_recovery_add(9)
• qed_db_recovery_del(9)

that's the full roster, no one left out, we don't do that here 💜

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heads up bestie: this page is short on purpose — it's the free-er, not the allocator. if you're looking for the setup side of the story, go say hi to qed_resc_alloc(9) and qed_resc_setup(9) in SEE ALSO ✨

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and that's the whole manual! brought to you by the fine folks at ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed, dated October 2026 — mwah, stan the kernel docs 🎀💖