_scsih_probe_boot_devices(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 _scsih_probe_boot_devices(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so. this is a page straight outta the Kernel API Manual, and it's about the tiniest little function with the biggest job: telling the kernel which device showed up first. no cap. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

_scsih_probe_boot_devices — reports 1st device 🥇

like, literally. it reports the first device. that's the whole vibe.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void _scsih_probe_boot_devices (struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc );

returns nothing (void, she's giving lowkey finished before she started), takes exactly one thing, and slays while doing it ✨

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • ioc — the per adapter object 💖 that's it. that's the one (1) argument. she's low maintenance.

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so here's the tea 🍵 — if it's specified in bios page 2, this routine reports the 1st device to scsi-ml or to the sas transport, for persistent boot device purposes. main character energy honestly: one device, getting announced to the whole system, just so the machine remembers who to boot from next time. iconic.

and then — bestie, pls — please refer to the function _scsih_determine_boot_device because that's where the real deciding happens. this one's just the messenger 🫶

ngl if you're here looking for the actual logic, you're in the wrong function's DMs. go read _scsih_determine_boot_device. iykyk.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so this is the part where i need you to breathe. there's a lot. like, a whole friend group. the kernel file is ./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c, and then every single one of these cuties is invited to the party 🎉 (yes, all of them — i'm not skipping a single one, that's not the vibe):

like i said. whole friend group. drink some water bestie 💜

that's the whole page, mwah 💋 this lil legend lives over in ./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas, dated October 2026 — shoutout to the source and the version, they ate and left no crumbs 🍓✨

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