fas216_release(9)

💖 fas216_release(9) — like, the full manual, bestie 💖

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and we're talking about fas216_release — yes queen, the one and only 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

fas216_release — release all resources for the FAS/NCR/AMD SCSI ic. that's it, that's the whole vibe. clean up your mess, girl 🧹

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void fas216_release (struct Scsi_Host *host );

note the space before that closing paren — that's not me being sloppy, that's canon, don't touch it 😌

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• host — a driver-specific filled-out structure, i.e. the whole entire personality of your host adapter, all bundled up 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

release all resources and put everything to bed for the FAS/NCR/AMD SCSI ic. 🛏️✨

like, every resource it's holding? gone. everything tucked in, lights off, white noise machine on. it's giving responsible adult energy for once. no leaks, no loose ends, no "oops I forgot to free that" at 3am 😭 periodt.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/arm/fas216.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖

and then the whole friend group, in the exact order the page gives them, no cap:

• fas216_get_last_msg(9)
• fas216_syncperiod(9)
• fas216_set_sync(9)
• fas216_handlesync(9)
• fas216_updateptrs(9)
• fas216_pio(9)
• fas216_cleanuptransfer(9)
• fas216_transfer(9)
• fas216_stoptransfer(9)
• fas216_reselected_intr(9)
• fas216_message(9)
• fas216_send_command(9)
• fas216_send_messageout(9)
• fas216_busservice_intr(9)
• fas216_funcdone_intr(9)
• fas216_intr(9)
• fas216_kick(9)
• fas216_rq_sns_done(9)
• fas216_std_done(9)
• fas216_done(9)
• fas216_queue_command_internal(9)
• fas216_internal_done(9)
• fas216_eh_abort(9)
• fas216_eh_device_reset(9)
• fas216_eh_bus_reset(9)
• fas216_init_chip(9)
• fas216_eh_host_reset(9)
• fas216_reset_state(9)
• fas216_init(9)
• fas216_add(9)

thirty of them. thirty!! and i listed every single one because i love you and i refuse to gatekeep 🫶💖

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lowkey a reminder: this page is just the release step — fas216_add(9) is where things get built up in the first place, so if you're confused about what's being torn down, start there bestie 🔥

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and that's the whole page, mwah 💋 big shoutout to the source at ./drivers/scsi/arm, dated October 2026, version/manual listing fas216_release(9) — slay, iconic, see you in the kernel tree 🎀🌟💜