rtl83xx_shutdown(9)

🦋 rtl83xx_shutdown(9) — the Kernel API Manual page, but make it make sense 🦋

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for rtl83xx_shutdown(9) — it's giving “last one out, turn off the switch” energy, and we're gonna read it together. periodt. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

rtl83xx_shutdown — shutdown a switch. literally what it says on the tin, no cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void rtl83xx_shutdown (struct realtek_priv *priv );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• priv — a realtek_priv pointer. that's the one (1) argument, bestie. 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

This function shuts down the DSA switch and cleans the platform driver data. why? to prevent realtek_{smi,mdio}_remove from running afterwards — which is possible if the parent bus implements its own .shutdown as .remove. so yeah, it's the “don't let remove sneak back in after shutdown” cleanup moment. iconic. 🔥

😴 CONTEXT 😴

Can sleep. like, actually can sleep — that's the context note, and we respect it. 🌙

🍓 RETURN 🍓

Nothing. not a single return value, not even a crumb. 🍓

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl83xx.c

• rtl83xx_lock(9)
• rtl83xx_unlock(9)
• rtl83xx_setup_user_mdio(9)
• rtl83xx_probe(9)
• rtl83xx_register_switch(9)
• rtl83xx_unregister_switch(9)
• rtl83xx_remove(9)
• rtl83xx_port_bridge_join(9)
• rtl83xx_port_bridge_leave(9)
• rtl83xx_port_fast_age(9)
• rtl83xx_port_fdb_add(9)
• rtl83xx_port_fdb_del(9)
• rtl83xx_port_fdb_dump(9)
• rtl83xx_port_mdb_add(9)
• rtl83xx_port_mdb_del(9)
• rtl83xx_port_bridge_flags(9)
• rtl83xx_setup_port_flood_control(9)

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made with 💖 from ./drivers/net/dsa/realtek, October 2026 — that's the rtl83xx_shutdown(9) sign-off, bye bestie, go shut down that switch responsibly 🫶✨