PrimeIocFifos(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 PrimeIocFifos(9) 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes bestie, the kernel has lore too, and this one's about PrimeIocFifos. buckle up 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

PrimeIocFifos — the girl whose whole job is initializing IOC request and reply FIFOs. that's it. that's the vibe. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int PrimeIocFifos (MPT_ADAPTER *ioc );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ioc — a pointer to the MPT_ADAPTER structure. that's the whole argument list, she's low maintenance 🫶

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what does this routine actually do, you ask? she allocates memory for the MPT reply and request frame pools (only if necessary — she's not out here wasting memory for fun ✨), and then she primes the IOC reply FIFO with reply frames. it's giving prep work. it's giving setting the table before the guests arrive. iconic behavior honestly 👑

and what does she return? glad you asked:

  • 0 means success — she ate and left no crumbs 💅
  • non-zero means failure — something went wrong, and that's your sign 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

buckle in bestie, this list is LONG — it's the whole mptbase friend group fr fr. the kernel file is ./drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c, and here's everybody:

like I said. the whole friend group. no cap 🌈

and that's the whole page bestie!! this one's from ./drivers/message/fusion, dated October 2026, and it's called PrimeIocFifos(9). mwah 💋 go prime those FIFOs, you've got this 🧚‍♀️💖

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