trim_stale_devices(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, you're on the trim_stale_devices(9) page in the Kernel API Manual — and this one does exactly what it says on the label: it removes PCI devices that are not responding. no cap, that's the whole vibe. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the signature, copy it exactly please, no autocorrect energy:

void trim_stale_devices (struct pci_dev *dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the PCI device where you start walking the hierarchy from. that's the starting point, bestie. 🦋

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• the kernel file is ./drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_glue.c — that's where it lives, iykyk.
• acpiphp_init_context(9)
• acpiphp_get_context(9)
• acpiphp_put_context(9)
• acpiphp_post_dock_fixup(9)
• acpiphp_add_context(9)
• acpiphp_max_busnr(9)
• enable_slot(9)
• disable_slot(9)
• get_slot_status(9)
• acpiphp_check_bridge(9)
• acpiphp_enumerate_slots(9)
• acpiphp_remove_slots(9)
• acpiphp_enable_slot(9)
• acpiphp_disable_and_eject_slot(9)

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 the source/version tag says ./drivers/pci/hotplug, the date is October 2026, and yes — it's still trim_stale_devices(9). periodt ✨👑