bnx2i_ulp_init(9)

💖 bnx2i_ulp_init(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the bnx2i_ulp_init(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is your girlie for “initialize an adapter instance,” and she’s lowkey essential 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

bnx2i_ulp_init — initialize an adapter instance 🫶 that’s the name and the one-line vibe, periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void bnx2i_ulp_init (struct cnic_dev *dev );

that’s the whole signature, bestie — copy it exactly, no improv 💖

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — cnic device handle 🫶 the one and only argument, she’s simple like that.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here’s the tea: this routine is called from cnic_register_driver context to initialize all enumerated cnic devices. she allocates the adapter structure and the other device specific resources — that’s the whole assignment, no cap ✨

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go peek at the Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_init.c and these iconic neighbors 👑:

• bnx2i_identify_device(9)
• get_adapter_list_head(9)
• bnx2i_find_hba_for_cnic(9)
• bnx2i_start(9)
• bnx2i_chip_cleanup(9)
• bnx2i_stop(9)
• bnx2i_init_one(9)
• bnx2i_ulp_exit(9)
• bnx2i_get_stats(9)
• bnx2i_cpu_online(9)
• bnx2i_mod_init(9)
• bnx2i_mod_exit(9)

and that’s the page, bestie 💖 source/version: ./drivers/scsi/bnx2i · date: October 2026 — bye, go be the main character of kernel init 🌈🎀