radeon_doorbell_fini(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… radeon_doorbell_fini β€” like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie

okay so you're looking at radeon_doorbell_fini, a kernel API function from the Linux kernel's manual pages (section 9, the kernel developer one β€” iykyk). It's filed under the Radeon DRM driver, and honestly? It's the cleanup-girlie of the doorbell world. Let's get into it ✨


πŸŽ€ NAME πŸŽ€

radeon_doorbell_fini β€” tear down the doorbell driver information. that's the whole job. it tears it down. she's done. πŸ’…


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void radeon_doorbell_fini (struct radeon_device *rdev );

that's it. that's the signature. void return, so no little return value to obsess over β€” she just does the thing and leaves πŸ¦‹


πŸ’– ARGUMENTS πŸ’–

  • rdev β€” a radeon_device pointer. that's your radeon device, your main character. the function needs it to know which device's doorbell info to tear down 🫢

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically: this is the function that tears down the doorbell driver information. and the manpage is very specific about the context here β€” (CIK). that's the generation tag, no cap. Sea Islands energy, if you know the acronym 😌

think of it as the counterpart to the setup function β€” she's the one who tidies up and says "we're done here" 🌈


πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯

okay this list is long and I'm obsessed with how thorough it is. everything below is a (9) reference β€” kernel API manual, all of it πŸ’œ

🌼 the file it lives in

  • Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c

πŸ“ the whole friend group


lowkey a whole ecosystem up in here. if you're calling radeon_doorbell_fini you probably already met her bestie radeon_doorbell_init 🧚

πŸ‘‘ the cute sign-off πŸ‘‘

this page comes from ./drivers/gpu/drm/radeon, and the date on it is October 2026 β€” so yeah, she's from the future, slay πŸ’€βœ¨ that's the whole manpage, bestie. go tear down those doorbells responsibly. periodt πŸ’…πŸŒˆ

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from