snd_soc_free_ac97_component(9)

✨ snd_soc_free_ac97_component ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for snd_soc_free_ac97_component(9) — yes the (9) is part of the name, it's giving section-nine realness, we don't question it 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

snd_soc_free_ac97_component — free AC97 component device 🎀

like, literally, it frees the AC97 component device. that's the whole vibe.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void snd_soc_free_ac97_component (struct snd_ac97 *ac97 );

she takes exactly one thing, she returns void (nothing, nada, she's not gonna report back to you, she just does it), and that one thing is a pointer to a struct snd_ac97. slay 💖

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👑 ARGUMENTS 👑

• ac97 — the snd_ac97 device that's getting freed. that's her. that's the one being let go 🫶

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

Frees AC97 component device resources ✨

that's it, that's the whole plot. you hand her the snd_ac97 device and she releases the resources tied to that AC97 component device. no cap, she is the cleanup crew 🧹💜

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./sound/soc/soc-ac97.c — the literal source file, go read her, iykyk 📖
• snd_soc_alloc_ac97_component(9) — the one who gives you the component 👀
• snd_soc_new_ac97_component(9) — the other one who makes you the component 🆕
• snd_soc_set_ac97_ops_of_reset(9) — sets the AC97 ops of reset, her little friend 🎀

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ngl bestie, if you're allocating components you better be freeing them too. she's not gonna do it for free — well, actually, she literally is, but you still have to call her 😭

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okay so that's the page!! 🦋 this one lives under ./sound/soc and the version/date stamp on her is October 2026 — and yeah, the header and footer both say snd_soc_free_ac97_component(9) again because manpages love to repeat themselves, iconic behaviour honestly 💅✨ periodt 🌸