lpfc_create_static_vport(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to lpfc_create_static_vport(9) 💅 she's from the Kernel API Manual, and we're about to read some HBA config region and create static vports like it's nothing. no cap.

💖 NAME 💖

lpfc_create_static_vport — Read HBA config region to create static vports. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the whole signature, bestie — copy it exactly or the compiler will side-eye you:

void lpfc_create_static_vport (struct lpfc_hba *phba );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

only one argument, and she's iconic:

  • phba — pointer to lpfc hba data structure. 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what this routine does is issue a DUMP mailbox command for config region 22 to get the list of static vports to be created. then the function creates vports based on the information returned from the HBA. fr fr, that's the whole plot 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

kernel file: ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c

and the whole bestie list — every single one, no skips, periodt:

💌 that's the whole page, bestie — source/version is ./drivers/scsi/lpfc, date is October 2026, and the manual name is lpfc_create_static_vport(9). mwah 💋✨

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