vme_lm_free(9)
π vme_lm_free β the manual page, but make it make sense
okay so this is vme_lm_free(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual bestie, and it's literally the cleanup girlie for VME location monitors β¨
πΈ NAME πΈ
vme_lm_free β frees an allocated VME location monitor. that's it, that's the whole job π
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
void vme_lm_free (struct vme_resource *resource );
yes she returns void, keep that in your notes π
π ARGUMENTS π
resourceβ a pointer to the VME location monitor resource. this is the thing you're freeing, so likeβ¦ know where it is π«Ά
β¨ DESCRIPTION β¨
She frees the allocation of a VME location monitor. Very demure, very mindful, very "please clean up after yourself" π§Ή
WARNING: this function currently expects that any callbacks attached to the location monitor have already been removed. as in, gone. detached. not your problem anymore. do that part first, or the vibes will be off ππ
π RETURN π
Zero on success β and -EINVAL when you hand it an invalid location monitor resource. so if you get -EINVAL, that's your sign you passed it something sus π
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
Kernel file ./drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c β and honestly, the whole friend group:
vme_alloc_consistent(9)vme_free_consistent(9)vme_get_size(9)vme_slave_request(9)vme_slave_set(9)vme_slave_get(9)vme_slave_free(9)vme_master_request(9)vme_master_set(9)vme_master_get(9)vme_master_read(9)vme_master_write(9)vme_master_rmw(9)vme_master_mmap_prepare(9)vme_master_free(9)vme_dma_request(9)vme_new_dma_list(9)vme_dma_pattern_attribute(9)vme_dma_pci_attribute(9)vme_dma_vme_attribute(9)vme_dma_free_attribute(9)vme_dma_list_add(9)vme_dma_list_exec(9)vme_dma_list_free(9)vme_dma_free(9)vme_irq_request(9)vme_irq_free(9)vme_irq_generate(9)vme_lm_request(9)vme_lm_count(9)vme_lm_set(9)vme_lm_get(9)vme_lm_attach(9)vme_lm_detach(9)vme_slot_num(9)vme_bus_num(9)vme_register_driver(9)vme_unregister_driver(9)
like, the whole vme_* roster, no cap πβ
and that's the page, bestie π«Ά this one lives in ./drivers/staging/vme_user and it's dated October 2026 β mwah, iconic, periodt ππ
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