lpfc_serialnum_show(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 lpfc_serialnum_show 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for lpfc_serialnum_show(9) — yes that's the title AND the manual name, we're folding it in right here at the top, you're welcome 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

lpfc_serialnum_show — returns the hba serial number in ascii, no cap, that's literally the whole job 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ssize_t lpfc_serialnum_show (struct device *dev , struct
       device_attribute *attr , char *buf );

look at her. she's a ssize_t returning icon, she takes three args, she does not miss 👑

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • dev — this one's a class that gets converted to a Scsi_host structure. glow-up moment honestly ✨
  • attr — it's the device attribute, and ngl it's not used. she's just there for the vibes 🙈
  • buf — on return this contains the formatted text serial number. that's where the magic lands 🫶

🔥 RETURN 🔥

returns the size of formatted string — that's it, that's the whole return value, fr fr 📏

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c, and bestie there are SO many friends to meet, buckle up 🎢

ok that's the whole friend group, every single one of them, i did NOT skip anybody, that would be so rude 😭

and that's the page bestie!! 🧚 this little beauty comes to you from ./drivers/scsi/lpfc — that's the source 📁 — and the version is October 2026, and the whole thing answers to the name lpfc_serialnum_show(9). slay, bye, go read your serial numbers 💜⭐

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