isci_port_link_down(9)

💅 isci_port_link_down(9) — yeah bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual (section 9), hold my iced coffee 🧊

Okay so real talk, isci_port_link_down is the function the sci core calls the second a link goes inactive. That's it. That's the whole vibe. Link stops vibing → this gets the call. ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

isci_port_link_down — this function is called by the sci core when a link becomes inactive. periodt. 🔥

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void isci_port_link_down (struct isci_host *isci_host , struct isci_phy
 *isci_phy , struct isci_port *isci_port );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• isci_host — this parameter specifies the isci host object. the main character, honestly 👑
• isci_phy — this parameter specifies the isci phy with the active link 💖
• isci_port — this parameter specifies the isci port with the active link 🌸

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

like, go read these next, iykyk 🫶 — they all live in the kernel file ./drivers/scsi/isci/port.c:

• sci_port_get_properties(9)
• isci_port_hard_reset_complete(9)
• sci_port_is_phy_mask_valid(9)
• sci_port_construct_dummy_rnc(9)
• sci_port_general_link_up_handler(9)
• sci_port_is_wide(9)
• sci_port_link_detected(9)
• sci_port_post_dummy_request(9)
• sci_port_abort_dummy_request(9)
• sci_port_resume_port_task_scheduler(9)
• sci_port_ready_substate_operational_exit(9)
• sci_port_add_phy(9)
• sci_port_remove_phy(9)

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that's the whole page bestie, no cap, nothing hidden 💀

literally just a notification-style callback — link goes down, sci core rings you up, you handle it. don't overthink it 💅

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mwah, that's a wrap 🎀 this lil number came out of ./drivers/scsi/isci and it's dated October 2026 — catch you in the next manpage, love u, bye 🦋💜