lpfc_mbox_put(9)

💖 lpfc_mbox_put — from the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, so this one lives in the Kernel API Manual, and it's lowkey just the bouncer at the club door for mailbox commands. let's get into it 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

lpfc_mbox_put — put a mailbox cmd into the tail of the driver's mailbox queue 🎀

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

void lpfc_mbox_put (struct lpfc_hba * phba , LPFC_MBOXQ_t * mbq );

that's it. two args, no return value, in and out, periodt. 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• phba — pointer to the lpfc hba data structure. it's giving "the whole adapter's main character" energy ✨
• mbq — pointer to the driver internal queue element for the mailbox command. this is the little ticket that's about to get in line 🙈

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so the driver maintains an internal mailbox command queue, and it's implemented as a linked list — very demure, very linked-list. 🔗

when a mailbox command is issued, it shall be put into the mailbox command queue, so everything gets processed orderly. why? because the HBA can only process one mailbox command at a time. one. at. a. time. no cutting the line, no cap 💀

so this function's whole vibe is: new command issued → slide it onto the tail of the queue → wait your turn like everyone else. that's the tea ☕✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_mbox.c — and honestly the whole friend group, here we go:

• lpfc_mbox_rsrc_prep(9)
• lpfc_mbox_rsrc_cleanup(9)
• lpfc_dump_static_vport(9)
• lpfc_down_link(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_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)

go read them all, i'll wait 🍓🧚

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ngl there's nothing dangerous in here — it's just a queue append. but pls respect the ordering, the HBA genuinely cannot multitask 😭

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okay that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 it's sourced from ./drivers/scsi/lpfc, this version is dated October 2026, and it's filed under lpfc_mbox_put(9) — mwah, go queue something 💖👑🌟