iscsi_boot_create_initiator(9)

✨ iscsi_boot_create_initiator ✨

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, and the main character is iscsi_boot_create_initiator(9) — literally here to create the boot initiator sysfs dir. slay 💅

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💖 NAME 💖

iscsi_boot_create_initiator — create boot initiator sysfs dir, no cap ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct iscsi_boot_kobj * iscsi_boot_create_initiator (struct
       iscsi_boot_kset *boot_kset , int index , void *data , ssize_t (*show)
       (void *data, int type, char *buf) , umode_t (*is_visible) (void *data,
       int type) , void (*release) (void *data) );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• boot_kset — the boot kset, bestie. that's the whole squad container 💖
• index — the initiator id, okayyy 🦋
• data — driver specific data. it's giving custom vibes ✨
• show — attr show function, the one that shows the goods 👀
• is_visible — attr visibility function, deciding what's visible and what's not 💅
• release — release function, the cleanup moment 🧚

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🌸 NOTE 🌸

heads up, bestie: the boot sysfs lib will free the data passed in for the caller when all refs to the initiator kobject have been released. that's the rule, fr fr 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/iscsi_boot_sysfs.c is right here, and these iconic friends are linked too:

• iscsi_boot_create_target(9)
• iscsi_boot_create_ethernet(9)
• iscsi_boot_create_acpitbl(9)
• iscsi_boot_create_kset(9)
• iscsi_boot_create_host_kset(9)
• iscsi_boot_destroy_kset(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💜 this cutie comes from ./drivers/scsi, dated October 2026, and it's literally iscsi_boot_create_initiator(9) — periodt 💅✨