csio_hw_start(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so hi bestie, welcome to csio_hw_start(9) from the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this function Kicks off the HW State machine 💅 no cap.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int csio_hw_start (struct csio_hw *hw );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• hw — Pointer to HW module. Like, hand over the HW module pointer and you're set 🫶.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so the assumption here is that the initialization is a synchronous operation, fr fr. So when we return after posting the event, the HW SM should be in the ready state, if there were no errors during init. Periodt ✨.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_hw.c is right there in the mix, bestie. Also lowkey check out:

• fwcap_to_fwspeed(9)
• fwcaps16_to_caps32(9)
• fwcaps32_to_caps16(9)
• lstatus_to_fwcap(9)
• csio_init_link_config(9)
• csio_hw_reset(9)
• csio_hw_init(9)
• csio_hw_exit(9)

source/version: ./drivers/scsi/csiostor · date: October 2026 — mwah, that's the cute sign-off, bestie 💋