lpfc_cmpl_reg_new_vport(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 lpfc_cmpl_reg_new_vport(9) 💅

okay so bestie, this is lpfc_cmpl_reg_new_vport(9), and it lives in the Kernel API Manual — yes, the real one, no cap. it's a kernel callback page, so buckle up, it's giving lowkey legendary 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

lpfc_cmpl_reg_new_vport — the completion callback function to register a new vport. that's literally the whole job, and she does it 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void lpfc_cmpl_reg_new_vport (struct lpfc_hba *phba , LPFC_MBOXQ_t *pmb
);

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • phba — pointer to the lpfc_hba data structure. yep, the hba one. she's the main character of this whole driver iykyk 🦋
  • pmb — pointer to the driver's own internal queue element for the mailbox command. it's the driver-internal queue element, not your random mailbox, respect the distinction pls 💖

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so here's the vibe: this routine is the completion callback function for the register-new-vport mailbox command. like, the mailbox command goes out, and when it comes back, she is the one who gets the callback. periodt ⭐

if the new vport mailbox command completes successfully, one of two things happens, and which one depends on the VPI — okay so:

  • the fabric registration login shall be performed on the physical port — that's the case where the new vport created is actually a physical port, with VPI 0 🌈
  • or the port login to Name Server for State Change Request (SCR) will be performed on the virtual port — that's the real virtual port, with VPI greater than 0 🦋

so: VPI 0 → physical-port energy, fabric registration login. VPI > 0 → real virtual port, port login to Name Server for SCR. two paths, both iconic, your fave is path-dependent 💜

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

kernel file ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c — and okay, the friend group here is huge, she's got connections everywhere 😭:

and that's the whole page, bestie 🧚 no notes, she ate 💅

source/version: ./drivers/scsi/lpfc — dated October 2026 🎀 love that for her, see u in the next manpage, mwah 💖✨
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