aac_fib_setup(9)

💅 aac_fib_setup — setup the fibs ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to aac_fib_setup(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes it's a section 9 manpage, yes it's kernel-adjacent, no you don't have to be scared 🫶. This one's short and sweet and it's literally just about getting your fibs ready. Slay.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int aac_fib_setup (struct aac_dev * dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the adapter we're setting up. That's it. That's the whole argument list. Iconic minimalism honestly 👑

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So here's the tea, bestie 🍵: aac_fib_setup allocates the PCI space for the fibs, then it maps it, and then it initialises three whole things:

1. the fib area,
2. the unmapped fib data,
3. and the free list.

That's the entire vibe check: allocate → map → initialise. No cap, that's the whole function. Lowkey a main character move, highkey doing the most important glue work in the background while everyone else gets the spotlight 💅✨

ngl if you're looking for the deep lore, this is the part where the fibs get their whole little world set up — PCI space allocated for them, mapping done, and the fib area + unmapped fib data + free list all initialised. Everything else downstream depends on this being done first, so don't skip it fr fr 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c, plus the whole friend group you should absolutely go look at:

• fib_map_alloc(9)
• aac_fib_map_free(9)
• aac_fib_alloc_tag(9)
• aac_fib_alloc(9)
• aac_fib_free(9)
• aac_fib_init(9)
• fib_dealloc(9)
• aac_get_entry(9)
• aac_queue_get(9)
• aac_fib_send(9)
• aac_consumer_get(9)
• aac_consumer_free(9)
• aac_fib_adapter_complete(9)
• aac_fib_complete(9)
• aac_printf(9)
• aac_handle_aif(9)
• aac_handle_sa_aif(9)
• aac_command_thread(9)

and that's the whole page bestie, go forth and set up those fibs 🌈⭐

sign-off energy: this little icon lives in ./drivers/scsi/aacraid, it's dated October 2026, and it's from the aac_fib_setup(9) era of the manual. mwah 💋 🎀 🧚