snd_ac97_pcm_close(9)

💅 snd_ac97_pcm_close(9) — the kernel API manual, but make it cute

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for snd_ac97_pcm_close(9) — yes, section 9, the ~kernel~ section, we're in the big leagues now 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

snd_ac97_pcm_close — closes the given AC97 pcm, that's literally the whole job, no cap 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int snd_ac97_pcm_close (struct ac97_pcm *pcm );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• pcm — the ac97 pcm instance 🦋 like, the actual one you're closing, hand it over

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

It frees the locked AC97 slots. that's it. that's the vibe 🌸 it releases the slots that were locked up, so they can go be free little slots again, iconic behaviour honestly 👑

✨ RETURN ✨

Zero. 🫶 literally just zero. not an error code in sight, we love a no-drama return value 💜

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• Kernel file ./sound/pci/ac97/ac97_pcm.c 👀 like, go read the source bestie
• snd_ac97_set_rate(9)
• snd_ac97_pcm_assign(9)
• snd_ac97_pcm_open(9)
• snd_ac97_pcm_double_rate_rules(9)

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ok real talk: this one's the counterpart to snd_ac97_pcm_open(9) — you open, you close, you free the locked slots, you return zero. clean, simple, main character energy ✨

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🌈 brought to you from the ./sound/pci/ac97 directory, dated October 2026 — mwah, slay, go free those slots 💅💖