lpfc_sli4_parse_latt_type(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🦋 lpfc_sli4_parse_latt_type — a Kernel API Manual moment ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this one is a lil' baby function with a big job. It's lpfc_sli4_parse_latt_type, and yes the name is a mouthful, but it lowkey eats. Let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

lpfc_sli4_parse_latt_type — parse sli4 link attention type. that's the whole vibe. it parses, it's sli4, it's link attention type. iconic behavior honestly 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

uint8_t lpfc_sli4_parse_latt_type (struct lpfc_hba *phba , struct
lpfc_acqe_link *acqe_link );

and yeah, it returns a uint8_t. noted. we love a small return type with main character energy 💖

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • phba — pointer to lpfc hba data structure. the hba in question. the whole point, fr fr 👑
  • acqe_link — pointer to the async link completion queue entry. the receipts, basically. the thing that just happened, packaged up all cute for you 🦋

💀 DESCRIPTION 💀

so the whole deal is this: this routine parses the SLI4 link attention type and translates it into the base driver's link attention type coding. that's it. that's the function. translation queen — it takes the SLI4 flavor and turns it into the coding the base driver actually speaks. no cap 🧚

like... it's giving translator at a group project. everyone's talking in SLI4, and this little function is the one making sure the base driver understands what just got said. lowkey essential, highkey underrated 💜

⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns the link attention type — but in terms of the base driver's coding. so not the raw SLI4 thing, the translated thing. iykyk 🎀

bestie this is the whole reason the function exists, so like... use the return value. don't just call it for funsies 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so this is the part where I hold your hand, because this list is long — like, scroll-for-a-while long — but every single one of these is in the same neighborhood (Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c) and you're gonna want them bookmarked. buckle up, bestie, we're listing them ALL 🔥

see? told you. long list. but you got this, bestie 💪 every single one, no skips, periodt 🌈

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this lil' gem lives in ./drivers/scsi/lpfc and the manual's dated October 2026 — so like, she's got a date, she's got a source directory, she's got main character energy. go forth and parse those link attention types 💖✨🎀

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