ibmvfc_get_fc_type(9)

💅 ibmvfc_get_fc_type — ok so hear me out, bestie

This one's from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (yes, the kernel-functions girlypop section — iykyk 🧚). And honestly? She's a little baby function. One job. Iconic behaviour, zero drama.

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✨ NAME ✨

ibmvfc_get_fc_type — returns the description text for an FC Type. That's it. That's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

const char * ibmvfc_get_fc_type (u16 status );

Like literally just hand her a status and she hands you back words. Lowkey the healthiest relationship in the whole driver. 💖

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• status — the FC Type error status. That's your one (1) thing to pass in, bestie, don't overthink it.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

The error string. A const char * full of explanation, no cap. 📜

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Okay so this is the part where I need you to sit down and hydrate, because the cross-reference list is enormous and I refuse to skip a single one of them. Not one. We don't do that here. 💀

First of all, the kernel file itself lives at ./drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c — go say hi to her, she's doing her best. 🫶

And now, the whole entire friend group, batch one:

ibmvfc_trc_start(9), ibmvfc_trc_end(9), ibmvfc_get_err_index(9), ibmvfc_get_cmd_error(9), ibmvfc_get_err_result(9), ibmvfc_retry_cmd(9), ibmvfc_get_ls_explain(9), ibmvfc_get_gs_explain(9), ibmvfc_set_tgt_action(9), ibmvfc_set_host_state(9), ibmvfc_set_host_action(9), ibmvfc_reinit_host(9), ibmvfc_del_tgt(9), ibmvfc_link_down(9), ibmvfc_init_host(9), ibmvfc_send_crq(9), ibmvfc_send_crq_init(9), ibmvfc_send_crq_init_complete(9), ibmvfc_init_event_pool(9), ibmvfc_free_event_pool(9), ibmvfc_free_queue(9), ibmvfc_release_crq_queue(9), ibmvfc_reenable_crq_queue(9), ibmvfc_reset_crq(9), ibmvfc_valid_event(9), ibmvfc_free_event(9), ibmvfc_vfc_eh_done(9), ibmvfc_complete_purge(9), ibmvfc_fail_request(9), ibmvfc_purge_requests(9), ibmvfc_hard_reset_host(9), __ibmvfc_reset_host(9), ibmvfc_reset_host(9), ibmvfc_retry_host_init(9), __ibmvfc_get_target(9), ibmvfc_get_target(9), ibmvfc_get_host_speed(9), ibmvfc_get_host_port_state(9), ibmvfc_set_rport_dev_loss_tmo(9), ibmvfc_release_tgt(9),

Batch two, we're still going, stay with me:

ibmvfc_get_starget_node_name(9), ibmvfc_get_starget_port_name(9), ibmvfc_get_starget_port_id(9), ibmvfc_wait_while_resetting(9), ibmvfc_issue_fc_host_lip(9), ibmvfc_gather_partition_info(9), ibmvfc_set_login_info(9), __ibmvfc_get_event(9), ibmvfc_locked_done(9), ibmvfc_init_event(9), ibmvfc_map_sg_list(9), ibmvfc_map_sg_data(9), ibmvfc_timeout(9), ibmvfc_send_event(9), ibmvfc_log_error(9), ibmvfc_scsi_relogin(9), ibmvfc_scsi_done(9), ibmvfc_host_chkready(9), ibmvfc_queuecommand(9), ibmvfc_sync_completion(9), ibmvfc_bsg_timeout_done(9), ibmvfc_bsg_timeout(9), ibmvfc_bsg_plogi(9), ibmvfc_bsg_request(9), ibmvfc_reset_device(9), ibmvfc_match_rport(9), ibmvfc_match_target(9), ibmvfc_match_lun(9), ibmvfc_event_is_free(9), ibmvfc_wait_for_ops(9), ibmvfc_cancel_all(9), ibmvfc_match_key(9), ibmvfc_match_evt(9),

Batch three, the error-handler girlies ate and left no crumbs:

ibmvfc_abort_task_set(9), ibmvfc_eh_abort_handler(9), ibmvfc_eh_device_reset_handler(9), ibmvfc_dev_cancel_all_noreset(9), ibmvfc_eh_target_reset_handler(9), ibmvfc_eh_host_reset_handler(9), ibmvfc_terminate_rport_io(9), ibmvfc_get_ae_desc(9), ibmvfc_get_link_state(9), ibmvfc_handle_async(9), ibmvfc_handle_crq(9), ibmvfc_scan_finished(9), ibmvfc_sdev_init(9), ibmvfc_target_alloc(9), ibmvfc_sdev_configure(9), ibmvfc_change_queue_depth(9), ibmvfc_show_log_level(9), ibmvfc_store_log_level(9), ibmvfc_read_trace(9), ibmvfc_next_async_crq(9), ibmvfc_next_crq(9), ibmvfc_interrupt(9), ibmvfc_tasklet(9), ibmvfc_init_tgt(9), ibmvfc_retry_tgt_init(9),

Batch four, we are so close, manifesting:

ibmvfc_get_prli_rsp(9), ibmvfc_tgt_prli_done(9), ibmvfc_tgt_send_prli(9), ibmvfc_tgt_plogi_done(9), ibmvfc_tgt_send_plogi(9), ibmvfc_tgt_implicit_logout_done(9), __ibmvfc_tgt_get_implicit_logout_evt(9), ibmvfc_tgt_implicit_logout(9), ibmvfc_tgt_implicit_logout_and_del_done(9), ibmvfc_tgt_implicit_logout_and_del(9), ibmvfc_tgt_move_login_done(9), ibmvfc_tgt_move_login(9), ibmvfc_adisc_needs_plogi(9), ibmvfc_tgt_adisc_done(9), ibmvfc_init_passthru(9), ibmvfc_tgt_adisc_cancel_done(9), ibmvfc_adisc_timeout(9), ibmvfc_tgt_adisc(9), ibmvfc_tgt_query_target_done(9), ibmvfc_tgt_query_target(9), ibmvfc_alloc_target(9), ibmvfc_alloc_targets(9), ibmvfc_discover_targets_done(9), ibmvfc_discover_targets(9), ibmvfc_npiv_login_done(9), ibmvfc_npiv_login(9), ibmvfc_npiv_logout_done(9), ibmvfc_npiv_logout(9),

Batch five, the final boss squad, periodt:

ibmvfc_dev_init_to_do(9), ibmvfc_dev_logo_to_do(9), __ibmvfc_work_to_do(9), ibmvfc_work_to_do(9), ibmvfc_log_ae(9), ibmvfc_tgt_add_nvme_rport(9), ibmvfc_tgt_add_rport(9), ibmvfc_do_work(9), ibmvfc_work(9), ibmvfc_alloc_queue(9), ibmvfc_init_crq(9), ibmvfc_free_mem(9), ibmvfc_alloc_mem(9), ibmvfc_rport_add_thread(9), ibmvfc_probe(9), ibmvfc_remove(9), ibmvfc_resume(9), ibmvfc_get_desired_dma(9), ibmvfc_module_init(9), ibmvfc_module_exit(9)

That's every single one, I counted, I did not skip. If I missed one you have my full permission to scream at me in the group chat. 😭

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Okay bye ily, go read some (9) pages 🦋✨

— signed off from ./drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi, dated October 2026, in the <rainbow>ibmvfc_get_fc_type(9)</rainbow> era 💜🎀