initio_release_scb(9)

👑 NAME

okay so bestie, meet initio_release_scb — the little function that releases an SCB 💅 (yes that's the whole name, we love a one-line icon)

this page lives in the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and it's literally a two-second read, so let's go ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS

void initio_release_scb (struct initio_host * host , struct
scsi_ctrl_blk * cmnd );

that's it. no return value, no drama, she just gives the block back 🫶

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🌸 ARGUMENTS

• host — the InitIO host that owns the SCB 💖 (like, the actual owner, not you)
• cmnd — the SCB command block being returned 🦋

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✨ DESCRIPTION

Return an allocated SCB to the host free list 🔁

no cap, that's the entire vibe: the SCB goes home, the free list gets it back, everybody moves on. very "return the shopping cart" energy and honestly? obsessed 🛒

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🌈 SEE ALSO

all her friends, fr fr — they're all hanging out in the kernel file ./drivers/scsi/initio.c:

• initio_se2_instr(9)
• initio_se2_ew_en(9)
• initio_se2_ew_ds(9)
• initio_se2_rd(9)
• initio_se2_wr(9)
• initio_se2_rd_all(9)
• initio_se2_update_all(9)
• initio_read_eeprom(9)
• initio_stop_bm(9)
• initio_reset_scsi(9)
• initio_init(9)
• initio_alloc_scb(9)
• initio_next_state(9)
• initio_state_1(9)
• initio_state_2(9)
• initio_state_3(9)
• initio_state_4(9)
• initio_state_5(9)
• initio_state_6(9)
• initio_state_7(9)
• initio_xfer_data_in(9)
• initio_xfer_data_out(9)
• int_initio_scsi_rst(9)
• int_initio_resel(9)
• int_initio_bad_seq(9)
• initio_msgout_abort_targ(9)
• initio_msgout_abort_tag(9)
• initio_msgin(9)
• initio_bus_device_reset(9)
• i91u_intr(9)
• initio_build_scb(9)
• i91u_queuecommand_lck(9)
• i91u_bus_reset(9)
• i91u_biosparam(9)
• i91u_unmap_scb(9)
• initio_remove_one(9)

pro tip from your girl: initio_alloc_scb(9) is literally the reverse move of this function, so if you're confused, go read that one too 🧚

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okay that's the page!! this one's serving from ./drivers/scsi and it's dated October 2026 🗓️💜 mwah, go release those SCBs responsibly, ily, bye 🎀⭐