ctl_hmi_error_show(9)

ctl_hmi_error_show(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to ctl_hmi_error_show(9) from the Kernel API Manual — we're keeping every fact, every reference, and every little detail, periodt. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

ctl_hmi_error_show — controller MPI initialization fails ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is literally right here:

ssize_t ctl_hmi_error_show (struct device *cdev , struct
       device_attribute *attr , char *buf );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

bestie, here's the cast, no cap:

• cdev — pointer to embedded class device.
• attr — device attribute (unused), so it's lowkey just vibing in the parameter list.
• buf — the buffer returned.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

it's giving a sysfs 'read-only' shost attribute. that's it, that's the description, periodt. 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file to peek at is ./drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_ctl.c — and these are the SEE ALSO besties:

• pm8001_ctl_mpi_interface_rev_show(9)
• controller_fatal_error_show(9)
• pm8001_ctl_fw_version_show(9)
• pm8001_ctl_ila_version_show(9)
• pm8001_ctl_inactive_fw_version_show(9)
• pm8001_ctl_max_out_io_show(9)
• pm8001_ctl_max_devices_show(9)
• pm8001_ctl_max_sg_list_show(9)
• pm8001_ctl_sas_spec_support_show(9)
• pm8001_ctl_host_sas_address_show(9)
• pm8001_ctl_logging_level_show(9)
• pm8001_ctl_aap_log_show(9)
• pm8001_ctl_ib_queue_log_show(9)
• pm8001_ctl_ob_queue_log_show(9)
• pm8001_ctl_bios_version_show(9)
• event_log_size_show(9)
• pm8001_ctl_iop_log_show(9)
• pm8001_ctl_fatal_log_show(9)
• non_fatal_log_show(9)
• pm8001_ctl_gsm_log_show(9)
• ctl_mpi_state_show(9)
• ctl_raae_count_show(9)
• ctl_iop0_count_show(9)
• ctl_iop1_count_show(9)

that's the whole page, babes 🌈 source/version: ./drivers/scsi/pm8001; date: October 2026; and the page name is ctl_hmi_error_show(9). mwah 💋