vme_lm_free(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’– 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 ✨


🌸 NAME 🌸

vme_lm_free β€” frees an allocated VME location monitor. that's it, that's the whole job πŸ’…


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

void vme_lm_free (struct vme_resource *resource );

yes she returns void, keep that in your notes πŸ“


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • resource β€” a pointer to the VME location monitor resource. this is the thing you're freeing, so like… know where it is 🫢

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

She frees the allocation of a VME location monitor. Very demure, very mindful, very "please clean up after yourself" 🧹

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 πŸ˜­πŸ™ˆ

πŸ’œ RETURN πŸ’œ

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 πŸ’€


πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯

Kernel file ./drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c β€” and honestly, the whole friend group:

like, the whole vme_* roster, no cap 🌈⭐


and that's the page, bestie 🫢 this one lives in ./drivers/staging/vme_user and it's dated October 2026 β€” mwah, iconic, periodt πŸ’–πŸŽ€

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