gather_hbainfo(9)

🦋 gather_hbainfo(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 🦋

okay so first things first, this page lives inside the Kernel API Manual (that's the manual name, keep it in your notes 📝) and it's literally all about one function. and that function is gather_hbainfo — "HBA characteristics for the applications", per the NAME section. pookie it does exactly what it says on the tin. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

gather_hbainfo — HBA characteristics for the applications

like, it gathers the HBA info. for the applications. the name ate and left no crumbs. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int gather_hbainfo (adapter_t *adapter , mraid_hba_info_t *hinfo );

that's the whole signature, no cap. copy it exactly, spaces and all, because the compiler does not care about your vibes. 😭

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• adapter — HBA soft state. yes bestie, the soft state, right there, hand it over. 🦋
• hinfo — pointer to the caller's host info structure. it's your struct, you're passing the pointer, the function fills it in. main character energy fr fr. 👑

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this list is giving "the whole megaraid family reunion" and ngl it's iconic. every single one, here we go, no skipping, no summarizing, we don't do that here 💖

the kernel file is ./drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c — that's where the party's at 🎉

• megaraid_init(9)
• megaraid_exit(9)
• megaraid_probe_one(9)
• megaraid_detach_one(9)
• megaraid_mbox_shutdown(9)
• megaraid_io_attach(9)
• megaraid_io_detach(9)
• megaraid_init_mbox(9)
• megaraid_fini_mbox(9)
• megaraid_alloc_cmd_packets(9)
• megaraid_free_cmd_packets(9)
• megaraid_mbox_setup_dma_pools(9)
• megaraid_mbox_teardown_dma_pools(9)
• megaraid_alloc_scb(9)
• megaraid_dealloc_scb(9)
• megaraid_mbox_mksgl(9)
• mbox_post_cmd(9)
• megaraid_queue_command_lck(9)
• megaraid_mbox_build_cmd(9)
• megaraid_mbox_runpendq(9)
• megaraid_mbox_prepare_pthru(9)
• megaraid_mbox_prepare_epthru(9)
• megaraid_ack_sequence(9)
• megaraid_isr(9)
• megaraid_mbox_dpc(9)
• megaraid_abort_handler(9)
• megaraid_reset_handler(9)
• mbox_post_sync_cmd(9)
• mbox_post_sync_cmd_fast(9)
• megaraid_busywait_mbox(9)
• megaraid_mbox_product_info(9)
• megaraid_mbox_extended_cdb(9)
• megaraid_mbox_support_ha(9)
• megaraid_mbox_support_random_del(9)
• megaraid_mbox_get_max_sg(9)
• megaraid_mbox_enum_raid_scsi(9)
• megaraid_mbox_flush_cache(9)
• megaraid_mbox_fire_sync_cmd(9)
• megaraid_mbox_display_scb(9)
• megaraid_mbox_setup_device_map(9)
• megaraid_cmm_register(9)
• megaraid_cmm_unregister(9)
• megaraid_mbox_mm_handler(9)
• megaraid_mbox_mm_command(9)
• megaraid_mbox_mm_done(9)
• megaraid_sysfs_alloc_resources(9)
• megaraid_sysfs_free_resources(9)
• megaraid_sysfs_get_ldmap_done(9)
• megaraid_sysfs_get_ldmap_timeout(9)
• megaraid_sysfs_get_ldmap(9)
• megaraid_mbox_app_hndl_show(9)
• megaraid_mbox_ld_show(9)

that's ✨every single one✨ bestie, count 'em, we did not drop a single function, iykyk. 💀

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reminder: this page is filed under ./drivers/scsi/megaraid in the kernel docs, and the date stamp on it is October 2026. yes, the future. she's ahead of her time. 🔥

and that's the whole page!! ty for coming to my ted talk, go gather those HBA characteristics, slay, periodt 💜🌸🦋🎀✨

— source: ./drivers/scsi/megaraid, version dated October 2026 — mwah, ily, bye 🫶💖