vpif_remove(9)

💅 vpif_remove — like, the manual page for vpif_remove(9), bestie

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (that's the kernel-functions girlies ✨). Sit down, grab a strawberry drink 🍓, and let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

vpif_remove — the driver remove handler 🫶

Like, it's the function that gets called when your driver is being taken off the stage. Main character exit energy, honestly.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void vpif_remove (struct platform_device *device );

That's it. That's the whole signature. Returns void — no receipts, no notes, it just leaves 💅

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• device — a ptr (pointer, bestie, not a printer 😭) to the platform_device structure. That's the device we're saying bye to.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the video device gets unregistered. That's the whole vibe of this one — it's a cleanup function, it does the un-registering, and then it's done.

(Also, genuine moment of appreciation: the original page spells it "vidoe" device and honestly? iconic. But iykyk — it means the video device, and yes, it gets unregistered. 💀)

ngl there is not a lot of lore on this page. It's a short one. Not every icon needs a whole documentary. 🎀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is long and honestly it ate 👑 — every single one of these, exactly as written:

• Kernel file ./drivers/media/platform/ti/davinci/vpif_capture.c
• vpif_buffer_prepare(9)
• vpif_buffer_queue_setup(9)
• vpif_buffer_queue(9)
• vpif_start_streaming(9)
• vpif_stop_streaming(9)
• vpif_process_buffer_complete(9)
• vpif_schedule_next_buffer(9)
• vpif_channel_isr(9)
• vpif_update_std_info(9)
• vpif_calculate_offsets(9)
• vpif_config_addr(9)
• vpif_input_to_subdev(9)
• vpif_set_input(9)
• vpif_querystd(9)
• vpif_g_std(9)
• vpif_s_std(9)
• vpif_enum_input(9)
• vpif_g_input(9)
• vpif_s_input(9)
• vpif_enum_fmt_vid_cap(9)
• vpif_try_fmt_vid_cap(9)
• vpif_g_fmt_vid_cap(9)
• vpif_s_fmt_vid_cap(9)
• vpif_querycap(9)
• vpif_enum_dv_timings(9)
• vpif_query_dv_timings(9)
• vpif_s_dv_timings(9)
• vpif_g_dv_timings(9)
• initialize_vpif(9)
• vpif_probe(9)
• vpif_suspend(9)

go read them all, i'll wait 🧚

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and that's the page!! source/version check before you go: it came from ./drivers/media/platform/ti/da... (yes the path is literally truncated with dots on the page, don't come for me 🙈) and it's dated October 2026. mwah, bye bestie 💖✨🎀