adapter_init(9)

💖 adapter_init(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, adapter_init is the whole ritual where we grab the resource for the card, setup the adapter information, set the card into a known state, and create the various tables etc etc. Basically this gets all adapter information all up to date, initialised, and gets the chip in sync with it. It’s giving “make the adapter situation coherent and cute” energy, and honestly? Iconic. 💅✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Here’s the exact signature, no cap — character-for-character:

int adapter_init (struct AdapterCtlBlk *acb , unsigned long io_port ,
u32 io_port_len , unsigned int irq );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

Let’s do a lil vibe check on the args, bestie:

• acb — The adapter which we are to init. Our main character for this whole glow-up. 👑
• io_port — The base I/O port.
• io_port_len — The I/O port size.
• irq — IRQ.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Returns 0 if the initialization succeeds, any other value on failure. That’s the whole plot. 0 is the slay; anything else is the “not today” text. No cap. 😭💖

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/dc395x.c is the mothership, and the SEE ALSO besties are:

• set_safe_settings(9), fix_settings(9), eeprom_index_to_delay(9), delay_to_eeprom_index(9), eeprom_override(9)
• dc395x_queue_command_lck(9), dc395x_handle_interrupt(9), device_alloc(9), adapter_add_device(9), adapter_remove_device(9)
• adapter_remove_and_free_device(9), adapter_remove_and_free_all_devices(9), dc395x_sdev_init(9), dc395x_sdev_destroy(9)
• trms1040_wait_30us(9), trms1040_write_cmd(9), trms1040_set_data(9), trms1040_write_all(9), trms1040_get_data(9), trms1040_read_all(9)
• check_eeprom(9), print_eeprom_settings(9), adapter_print_config(9), adapter_init_params(9), adapter_init_scsi_host(9), adapter_init_chip(9), adapter_uninit_chip(9), adapter_uninit(9)
• dc395x_init_one(9), dc395x_remove_one(9)

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./drivers/scsi, date: October 2026. 💖✨