bnx2fc_send_...coe_init_msg(9)

💅 bnx2fc_send_...coe_init_msg(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the whole manual name, we're in kernel-land now, put your hair up 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

bnx2fc_send_fw_fcoe_init_msg — the function that initiates the initial handshake with the FCoE f/w 🫶 lowkey the opening move of the whole relationship

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int bnx2fc_send_fw_fcoe_init_msg (struct bnx2fc_hba *hba );

that's it. one function, one argument, returns an int. iconic minimalism fr fr ✨

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hba — the adapter structure pointer, aka the main character of this whole operation 💅 it's a struct bnx2fc_hba * and everything flows through it

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what does it do? it sends down those FCoE firmware init KWQEs 👑 and those KWQEs are exactly what initiates the initial handshake with the f/w. no cap — that's the entire vibe. firmware gets the message, handshake gets shook, everyone moves on 🌈

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• Kernel file: ./drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_hwi.c — go read the source, iykyk 🙈
• bnx2fc_send_session_ofld_req(9)
• bnx2fc_send_session_enable_req(9)
• bnx2fc_send_session_disable_req(9)
• bnx2fc_send_session_destroy_req(9)
• bnx2fc_fastpath_notification(9)
• bnx2fc_process_ofld_cmpl(9)
• bnx2fc_process_enable_conn_cmpl(9)
• bnx2fc_indicate_kcqe(9)
• bnx2fc_setup_task_ctx(9)
• bnx2fc_setup_fw_resc(9)

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💀 reminder: this page is about bnx2fc_send_fw_fcoe_init_msg specifically — don't go calling it thinking it does anything else, because the manpage does NOT say it does, and we don't make things up here 🫶

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and that's the tea, bestie 🍓 this whole page came from ./drivers/scsi/bnx2fc, dated October 2026 — go off, you now officially understand the FCoE firmware handshake initiator 😭💜