tc_unregister_driver(9)

💅 tc_unregister_driver(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual era 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for tc_unregister_driver(9) — yes the manual name is literally in the title, we're fancy like that ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

tc_unregister_driver — unregister a TC driver 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void tc_unregister_driver (struct tc_driver *tdrv );

that's it, that's the whole vibe. no return value, no drama, just vibes and a void 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• tdrv — okay so the original literally says -- undescribed -- and honestly? iconic of it 😭 that's all the lore we get, the docs simply did not elaborate. no cap, that's the whole description. 🙈

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what does it actually do, you ask? let me put you on 🫶

It deletes the driver structure from the list of registered TC drivers — like, it's leaving the group chat, for real fr fr 💀

Then it gives it a chance to clean up by calling its remove function for each device it was responsible for — so every device it was babysitting gets its little goodbye moment, one by one, main character energy for each 🧚✨

And finally it marks those devices as driverless — yes, they're single now, no driver, they're on their own, and that's just how it is 🌈

Quick vibe check: the arg is literally listed as -- undescribed -- in the manual, so if you were hoping for a deep dive on tdrv, bestie, the kernel devs said "not me doing that" 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

other pages in the cinematic universe, go read them iykyk 💖

• Kernel file ./drivers/tc/tc-driver.c — the source file, the origin story, the blueprint 🎀
• tc_register_driver(9) — the reverse operation, the "we're so back" to this "it's over" ⭐
• tc_match_device(9) — the matchmaker bestie 🌸
• tc_bus_match(9) — the other matchmaker bestie, bus edition 🚌💜

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and that's the whole page, periodt 💅✨

this little masterpiece of documentation lives under ./drivers/tc and it's dated October 2026 — so like, future vibes only, the docs really said "we'll be iconic later" and then delivered 🎀🦋💖

later bestie, go unregister responsibly 🫶👑