vmbus_driver_unregister(9)
π vmbus_driver_unregister(9) β the Kernel API Manual tea π«
okay so bestie, you know how this whole thing lives in the Kernel API Manual? yeah. that's the vibe. we're in kernel-land now, and honestly? it's giving main character energy. π
β¨ NAME β¨
vmbus_driver_unregister β unregister a vmbus's driver π
like, the opposite of registering it. the breakup arc. the "we need to talk" text. π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
void vmbus_driver_unregister (struct hv_driver *hv_driver );
that's it. that's the whole signature. no cap. π¦
π ARGUMENTS π
hv_driverβ pointer to the driver structure you want to un-register π like, hand it over. this is the one you're letting go. pointer to driver structure, in case that wasn't clear, and it's the one you want to un-register. periodt.
π DESCRIPTION π
okay so here's the thing: this function un-registers the given driver β and when we say "the given driver," we mean the one that was previously registered with a call to vmbus_driver_register. π₯
literally the whole deal. you registered it earlier with vmbus_driver_register, and now you're taking it back out. it's giving closure. it's giving cleanup era. no extra lore, no hidden plot twists β that's the move. β
ngl bestie, the manpage keeps it short and so do we β this one's a one-liner flex and we respect it π
π§ SEE ALSO π§
go look at the kernel file ./drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c β that's where the magic lives, iykyk π
β plus these iconic siblings:
__vmbus_driver_register(9)hv_create_ring_sysfs(9)hv_remove_ring_sysfs(9)vmbus_allocate_mmio(9)vmbus_free_mmio(9)
all of them, together, one big beautiful kernel family. obsessed. πΈ
and that's the whole page, bestie!! π«Ά this lil beauty comes to you from ./drivers/hv β shoutout to the whole directory β dated October 2026, and yes she's still vmbus_driver_unregister(9) in the header and the footer because consistency is iconic. πβ¨π
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