fnic_handle_enode_ka_timer(9)

✨ fnic_handle_enode_ka_timer(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the fnic_handle_enode_ka_timer(9) page — yes that's a whole mouthful, i know, but we're gonna get through it together 💖 this is from the Kernel API Manual and it's lowkey a tiny page, so hydrate and let's go 🫶

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🎀 NAME 🎀

fnic_handle_enode_ka_timer — FIP node keep alive. that's it. that's the whole thing. it's the vibe check that keeps a FIP node from ghosting everyone 👑💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void fnic_handle_enode_ka_timer (struct timer_list *t );

returns nothing (it's void, so don't @ me expecting a value 😭), takes exactly one thing, and it's a timer. slay.

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• t — handle to the timer list. that's it, that's the whole flex. it's the timer handle, no cap ⭐

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie this is the part where the friend group gets LARGE, so buckle up 💀 all of these live in the kernel file ./drivers/scsi/fnic/fip.c:

• fnic_fcoe_reset_vlans(9)
• fnic_fcoe_send_vlan_req(9)
• fnic_fcoe_process_vlan_resp(9)
• fnic_fcoe_start_fcf_discovery(9)
• fnic_fcoe_fip_discovery_resp(9)
• fnic_fcoe_start_flogi(9)
• fnic_fcoe_process_flogi_resp(9)
• fnic_common_fip_cleanup(9)
• fnic_fcoe_process_cvl(9)
• fdls_fip_recv_frame(9)
• fnic_handle_fip_timer(9)
• fnic_handle_vn_ka_timer(9)
• fnic_vlan_discovery_timeout(9)
• fnic_work_on_fcs_ka_timer(9)
• fnic_handle_fcs_ka_timer(9)

like i said. huge friend group. all of them iconic, all of them linked, iykyk 🧚‍♀️

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ngl there's not a lot here, but that's fine — short and sweet is a whole aesthetic 🍓

and that's the page!! mwah 💜 this lil sign-off comes to you from ./drivers/scsi/fnic, dated October 2026, and yes we're still out here repping fnic_handle_enode_ka_timer(9) 🎀✨🔥