lpfc_create_port(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is lpfc_create_port from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the "Create an FC port" girlie. No cap, that's the whole vibe.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct lpfc_vport * lpfc_create_port (struct lpfc_hba *phba , int
       instance , struct device *dev );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • phba — pointer to the lpfc hba data structure. It's giving "main character pointer" energy.
  • instance — a unique integer ID to this FC port. One-of-one, no dupes.
  • dev — pointer to the device data structure. Iconic little device handle.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So this routine creates a FC port for the upper layer protocol. Periodt.

The FC port can be created on top of either a physical port or a virtual port provided by the HBA. Both options are valid, and yes, the virtual-port flex is real.

This routine also allocates a SCSI host data structure (shost) and associates the FC port created before adding the shost into the SCSI layer. That's the whole little assembly line, bestie.

Return codes are giving:

  • vport — pointer to the virtual N_Port data structure.
  • NULL — port create failed. 😭
bestie, if you get NULL, the port create failed — that's the whole mood, fr fr.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay the SEE ALSO section is basically the entire group chat, so here is every single one, no cap:

cute little sign-off bestie: this page's source is ./drivers/scsi/lpfc, it's dated October 2026, and the page itself is lpfc_create_port(9). mwah 💋✨

📦 where this page comes from