lpfc_down_link(9)

💅 lpfc_down_link — bestie, we're taking this link DOWN

ok so realtalk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — section 9, kernel API vibes only, lpfc_down_link(9). it's short, it's sweet, it's giving "one job and it does it." let's get into it 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

that's it. that's the whole signature. two args, void return, no notes. slay.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• phba — pointer to the lpfc hba data structure. yes queen, the hba struct, the big one 💖
• pmb — pointer to the driver internal queue element for mailbox command. it's the mailbox queue element, internal to the driver, no cap 🤌

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea ☕ — lpfc_down_link prepares a mailbox command to bring down the HBA link.

read that again, bestie: it prepares the mailbox command. it's the setup era, the getting-ready-with-me, not the actual completion. it's literally giving backstage prep before the link goes night-night 💀

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the source lives here, in the kernel file at ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_mbox.c — go touch grass in that file if you want the full picture, iykyk 🌈

and since your girl does not gatekeep, here's the entire friend group, every single one, in order, no skips, no cuts 👑:

• lpfc_mbox_rsrc_prep(9)
• lpfc_mbox_rsrc_cleanup(9)
• lpfc_dump_static_vport(9)
• lpfc_dump_mem(9)
• lpfc_dump_wakeup_param(9)
• lpfc_read_nv(9)
• lpfc_config_async(9)
• lpfc_heart_beat(9)
• lpfc_read_topology(9)
• lpfc_clear_la(9)
• lpfc_config_link(9)
• lpfc_config_msi(9)
• lpfc_init_link(9)
• lpfc_read_sparam(9)
• lpfc_unreg_did(9)
• lpfc_read_config(9)
• lpfc_read_lnk_stat(9)
• lpfc_reg_rpi(9)
• lpfc_unreg_login(9)
• lpfc_sli4_unreg_all_rpis(9)
• lpfc_reg_vpi(9)
• lpfc_unreg_vpi(9)
• lpfc_config_pcb_setup(9)
• lpfc_read_rev(9)
• lpfc_build_hbq_profile2(9)
• lpfc_build_hbq_profile3(9)
• lpfc_build_hbq_profile5(9)
• lpfc_config_hbq(9)
• lpfc_config_ring(9)
• lpfc_config_port(9)
• lpfc_kill_board(9)
• lpfc_mbox_put(9)
• lpfc_mbox_get(9)
• __lpfc_mbox_cmpl_put(9)
• lpfc_mbox_cmpl_put(9)
• lpfc_mbox_cmd_check(9)
• lpfc_mbox_dev_check(9)
• lpfc_mbox_tmo_val(9)
• lpfc_sli4_mbx_sge_set(9)
• lpfc_sli4_mbx_sge_get(9)
• lpfc_sli4_mbox_cmd_free(9)
• lpfc_sli4_config(9)
• lpfc_sli4_mbox_rsrc_extent(9)
• lpfc_sli_config_mbox_subsys_get(9)
• lpfc_sli_config_mbox_opcode_get(9)
• lpfc_sli4_mbx_read_fcf_rec(9)
• lpfc_request_features(9)
• lpfc_init_vfi(9)
• lpfc_reg_vfi(9)
• lpfc_init_vpi(9)
• lpfc_unreg_vfi(9)
• lpfc_sli4_dump_cfg_rg23(9)
• lpfc_reg_fcfi(9)
• lpfc_reg_fcfi_mrq(9)
• lpfc_unreg_fcfi(9)
• lpfc_resume_rpi(9)

like, fifty-plus functions. the whole squad. periodt. 💅✨

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ngl bestie, no warnings, no exit statuses, no env vars on this one — this page is a clean little baddie with zero drama. take the win 🍓

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! sign-off time 🧚 — this one's from ./drivers/scsi/lpfc, dated October 2026, and it's filed under lpfc_down_link(9). mwah 💜🎀