lpfc_sli4_node_rpi_restore(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 lpfc_sli4_node_rpi_restore(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes we're in the kernel now, put your hair up, it's giving low-level 💀

✨ NAME ✨

lpfc_sli4_node_rpi_restore — recover assigned RPIs for active nodes 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void lpfc_sli4_node_rpi_restore (struct lpfc_hba *phba );

no cap, that's the whole signature. she's void, she takes one thing, she's chill like that 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • phba — pointer to the lpfc_hba data structure. like, the whole HBA vibe lives in there ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what's the tea? this function allocates RPIs for all active remote nodes 👑

and when do we need it? literally whenever an SLI4 adapter is reset and the driver is not unloading. that's the moment. that's her main character energy 🔥

her whole purpose? to fixup the temporary rpi assignments. that's it. that's the job. iconic, honestly 💖

ngl this is a fixup situation — the assignments were temporary, and she's here to make them make sense again 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is long girl, grab a snack 🍓 — but every single one matters, no skips:

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c

like?? that's the whole friend group 💜 every one of them ate, periodt.

okay bestie that's the page!! sign-off time — this lil beauty lives in ./drivers/scsi/lpfc, dated October 2026, and she's filed under lpfc_sli4_node_rpi_restore(9). iykyk 🧚✨ go fix up those temporary rpi assignments, you got this 💖🎀

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