1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Destructor</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Writing an ALSA Driver"><link rel="up" href="basic-flow.html" title="Chapter 2. Basic Flow for PCI Drivers"><link rel="prev" href="basic-flow-constructor.html" title="Constructor"><link rel="next" href="basic-flow-header-files.html" title="Header Files"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Destructor</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="basic-flow-constructor.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 2. Basic Flow for PCI Drivers</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="basic-flow-header-files.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="basic-flow-destructor"></a>Destructor</h2></div></div></div><p> 2 The destructor, remove callback, simply releases the card 3 instance. Then the ALSA middle layer will release all the 4 attached components automatically. 5 </p><p> 6 It would be typically like the following: 7 8 </p><div class="informalexample"><pre class="programlisting"> 9 10 static void snd_mychip_remove(struct pci_dev *pci) 11 { 12 snd_card_free(pci_get_drvdata(pci)); 13 pci_set_drvdata(pci, NULL); 14 } 15 16 </pre></div><p> 17 18 The above code assumes that the card pointer is set to the PCI 19 driver data. 20 </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="basic-flow-constructor.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="basic-flow.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="basic-flow-header-files.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Constructor </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Header Files</td></tr></table></div></body></html> 21