api_chain_init(9)

💖 api_chain_init(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for api_chain_init(9), and it's lowkey the glow-up moment for an API CMD specific chain. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

api_chain_init — initialize API CMD specific chain

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int api_chain_init (struct hinic_api_cmd_chain *chain , struct
hinic_api_cmd_chain_attr *attr );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• chain — the API CMD specific chain to initialize. this is the main character, the one getting set up 💅
• attr — attributes to set in the chain. all the little details that go into the chain's look ✨

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Return 0 for Success, or a negative value for Failure. that's it, that's the vibe check — no cap 🫶

ngl bestie, double-check that return value. negative means something went sideways, and you don't want a sad chain on your hands 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the full squad, and yes they all get (9):

• chain_busy(9)
• get_cell_data_size(9)
• prepare_cell_ctrl(9)
• prepare_api_cmd(9)
• prepare_cell(9)
• api_cmd_status_update(9)
• wait_for_status_poll(9)
• wait_for_api_cmd_completion(9)
• api_cmd(9)
• hinic_api_cmd_write(9)
• api_cmd_hw_restart(9)
• api_cmd_ctrl_init(9)
• api_cmd_set_status_addr(9)
• api_cmd_set_num_cells(9)
• api_cmd_head_init(9)
• api_cmd_chain_hw_clean(9)
• api_cmd_chain_hw_init(9)
• free_cmd_buf(9)
• alloc_cmd_buf(9)
• api_cmd_create_cell(9)
• api_cmd_destroy_cell(9)
• api_cmd_destroy_cells(9)
• api_cmd_create_cells(9)
• api_chain_free(9)
• api_cmd_create_chain(9)
• api_cmd_destroy_chain(9)
• hinic_api_cmd_init(9)
• hinic_api_cmd_free(9)

also if you wanna read the source yourself, it lives at the Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_api_cmd.c — go peek, it's giving main character code 💀

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💅 okay that's the whole page, bestie. this beauty is from ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/..., dated October 2026, and it's api_chain_init(9) — go forth and slay your chain init ✨🎀💜