snd_hdac_device_unregister(9)
π snd_hdac_device_unregister(9) β Kernel API Manual, but make it make sense
okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual β¨ today's main character is snd_hdac_device_unregister, and honestly? She's the "okay bye, we're done here" of the hd-audio codec base device world. Let's get into it π
πΈ NAME πΈ
snd_hdac_device_unregister β unregister the hd-audio codec base device π
Like, that's literally her whole job. Unregister the thing. No notes. Periodt.
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
void snd_hdac_device_unregister (struct hdac_device *codec );
that's it. that's the whole signature. returns void because she doesn't do follow-up questions π
π«Ά ARGUMENTS π«Ά
codecβ the device to unregister. that's the one, bestie. hand her thestruct hdac_device *and she'll take it from there π¦
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
okay so there are a lot of siblings in this family and ngl they're all lowkey iconic. the Kernel file is ./sound/hda/core/device.c and here's the whole squad π
snd_hdac_device_init(9)snd_hdac_device_exit(9)snd_hdac_device_register(9)snd_hdac_device_set_chip_name(9)snd_hdac_codec_modalias(9)snd_hdac_make_cmd(9)snd_hdac_exec_verb(9)snd_hdac_read(9)_snd_hdac_read_parm(9)snd_hdac_read_parm_uncached(9)snd_hdac_override_parm(9)snd_hdac_get_sub_nodes(9)snd_hdac_refresh_widgets(9)snd_hdac_get_connections(9)snd_hdac_power_up(9)snd_hdac_power_down(9)snd_hdac_power_up_pm(9)snd_hdac_power_down_pm(9)snd_hdac_stream_format_bits(9)snd_hdac_stream_format(9)snd_hdac_spdif_stream_format(9)snd_hdac_query_supported_pcm(9)snd_hdac_is_supported_format(9)snd_hdac_codec_read(9)snd_hdac_codec_write(9)snd_hdac_check_power_state(9)snd_hdac_sync_power_state(9)
like, twenty-seven manpages. twenty-seven!! the way this API ate and left no crumbs π
ngl bestie, she's the un-register half of the snd_hdac_device_register(9) duo β if you're unregistering something that was never registered, that's a you problem and not in this page π the docs don't say, so I'm not gonna make it up. iykyk.
and that's the tea π this page comes to you from ./sound/hda/core (say hi to the source tree for me π), dated October 2026, and it's part of the Kernel API Manual. go be great, unregister responsibly, and don't forget to check on your struct hdac_device * π§β¨
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms