ibmvfc_init_host(9)

💖 ibmvfc_init_host — start host initialization, bestie 💖

Okay so this page is ibmvfc_init_host(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and she is literally the “Start host initialization” girlie. Think of it as the sparkly little void function that gets host initialization going for an ibmvfc host struct. No return value, no drama, just the function doing its one job. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

ibmvfc_init_host - Start host initialization

That's the whole name tea: start host initialization. Periodt.

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🛠️ SYNOPSIS 🛠️

void ibmvfc_init_host (struct ibmvfc_host *vhost );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vhost — the ibmvfc host struct. That's the main-character data structure you're handing over. 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

This one is literally “Start host initialization” — it kicks off host initialization for the ibmvfc host struct you pass in.

Return value: nothing.

Yep, nothing. No return value to catch, no little surprise gift. It's giving very void, very chill. 😌

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c — that's the home base for all this. Here's the whole crew, bestie, split over a few lines so it doesn't become one unhinged paragraph:

• 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_get_fc_type(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_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), 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), 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), 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), 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)

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Cute sign-off from the footer: source/version is ./drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi, dated October 2026. That's the whole page, bestie — go start that host initialization! 💅✨🫶