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💅 lpfc_bsg_sli_cfg_write_cmd_ext — the Kernel API Manual page you didn't know you needed

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for lpfc_bsg_sli_cfg_write_cmd_ext. yes that's a mouthful. no i will not be shortening it. it's giving "function name that ate and left no crumbs" 💀✨

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✨ NAME ✨

lpfc_bsg_sli_cfg_write_cmd_ext — sli_config non-embedded mailbox cmd write 🎀

like, that's literally her whole job. she writes the sli_config mailbox command, and she does it with non-embedded buffers. main character energy fr fr.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int lpfc_bsg_sli_cfg_write_cmd_ext (struct lpfc_hba *phba , struct
bsg_job *job , enum nemb_type nemb_tp , struct lpfc_dmabuf *dmabuf );

she returns an int, she takes four things, and yes the formatting is exactly like that. slay 💅

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• phba — Pointer to HBA context object. this is the whole vibe of the host bus adapter, her context, her lore 🫶
• job — Pointer to the job object. the actual task she's out here handling, periodt.
• nemb_tp — Enumerate of non-embedded mailbox command type. like the enum that says what kind of non-embedded mailbox command we're on. iykyk 🌈
• dmabuf — Pointer to a DMA buffer descriptor. the DMA buffer's little description card, basically 💖

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea 🍓: this routine performs the SLI_CONFIG (0x9B) write mailbox command operation with non-embedded external buffers.

that's it. that's the whole thing. she does the 0x9B, she does the write, she does it with non-embedded external buffers, and she does it flawlessly. no notes. ⭐

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

bestie she has SO many friends, it's honestly iconic. the kernel file she lives in:

• Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_bsg.c

and the whole group chat 💜:

• lpfc_bsg_send_mgmt_cmd_cmp(9)
• lpfc_bsg_send_mgmt_cmd(9)
• lpfc_bsg_rport_els_cmp(9)
• lpfc_bsg_rport_els(9)
• lpfc_bsg_event_free(9)
• lpfc_bsg_event_ref(9)
• lpfc_bsg_event_unref(9)
• lpfc_bsg_event_new(9)
• diag_cmd_data_free(9)
• lpfc_bsg_ct_unsol_abort(9)
• lpfc_bsg_hba_set_event(9)
• lpfc_bsg_hba_get_event(9)
• lpfc_issue_ct_rsp_cmp(9)
• lpfc_issue_ct_rsp(9)
• lpfc_bsg_send_mgmt_rsp(9)
• lpfc_bsg_diag_mode_enter(9)
• lpfc_bsg_diag_mode_exit(9)
• lpfc_sli3_bsg_diag_loopback_mode(9)
• lpfc_sli4_bsg_set_link_diag_state(9)
• lpfc_sli4_bsg_set_loopback_mode(9)
• lpfc_sli4_diag_fcport_reg_setup(9)
• lpfc_sli4_bsg_diag_loopback_mode(9)
• lpfc_bsg_diag_loopback_mode(9)
• lpfc_sli4_bsg_diag_mode_end(9)
• lpfc_sli4_bsg_link_diag_test(9)
• lpfcdiag_loop_self_reg(9)
• lpfcdiag_loop_self_unreg(9)
• lpfcdiag_loop_get_xri(9)
• lpfc_bsg_dma_page_alloc(9)
• lpfc_bsg_dma_page_free(9)
• lpfc_bsg_dma_page_list_free(9)
• diag_cmd_data_alloc(9)
• lpfcdiag_sli3_loop_post_rxbufs(9)
• lpfc_bsg_diag_loopback_run(9)
• lpfc_bsg_get_dfc_rev(9)
• lpfc_bsg_issue_mbox_cmpl(9)
• lpfc_bsg_check_cmd_access(9)
• lpfc_bsg_mbox_ext_session_reset(9)
• lpfc_rd_obj_emb0_handle_job(9)
• lpfc_bsg_issue_mbox_ext_handle_job(9)
• lpfc_bsg_issue_read_mbox_ext_cmpl(9)
• lpfc_bsg_issue_write_mbox_ext_cmpl(9)
• lpfc_bsg_sli_cfg_read_cmd_ext(9)
• lpfc_bsg_handle_sli_cfg_mbox(9)
• lpfc_bsg_mbox_ext_abort(9)
• lpfc_bsg_read_ebuf_get(9)
• lpfc_bsg_write_ebuf_set(9)
• lpfc_bsg_handle_sli_cfg_ebuf(9)
• lpfc_bsg_handle_sli_cfg_ext(9)
• lpfc_bsg_issue_mbox(9)
• lpfc_bsg_mbox_cmd(9)
• lpfc_check_fwlog_support(9)
• lpfc_bsg_get_ras_config(9)
• lpfc_bsg_set_ras_config(9)
• lpfc_bsg_get_ras_lwpd(9)
• lpfc_bsg_get_ras_fwlog(9)
• lpfc_bsg_hst_vendor(9)
• lpfc_bsg_request(9)
• lpfc_bsg_timeout(9)

like, she knows everyone. connector energy. 🧚

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ngl bestie, that's the entire page — no hidden options, no exit statuses, no environment variables, no bug notes. sometimes a manpage is just a girlboss doing one mailbox command correctly and that's valid 💀💖

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aaaand that's a wrap, bestie 🎀 this little love letter lives in ./drivers/scsi/lpfc and it's dated October 2026 — so go forth, call her with your phba, your job, your nemb_tp and your dmabuf, and let her cook. 🫶✨💅