lpfc_unreg_vfi(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💫 lpfc_unreg_vfi — bestie edition 💫

okay so you're here for lpfc_unreg_vfi(9), from the Kernel API Manual — welcome to the group chat, pull up a chair 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

lpfc_unreg_vfi — literally initializes the UNREG_VFI mailbox command. that's the whole vibe, no cap 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void lpfc_unreg_vfi (struct lpfcMboxq *mbox , struct lpfc_vport *vport
);

she takes two arguments, she returns nothing (void), she minds her own business 💖

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • mbox — pointer to the lpfc mbox command you're gonna initialize. she's the blank canvas, bestie ✨
  • vport — the vport associated with the VF. hi queen 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea ☕ — the UNREG_VFI mailbox command causes the SLI Host to put a virtual fabric (a logical NPort, iykyk) into the inactive state. that's the whole point of her existence 💅

BUT. important caveat incoming, do not skip this part 🙈 — the SLI Host must have logged out and unregistered all remote N_Ports to abort any activity on the virtual fabric. like, all of them. no stragglers. she needs a clean slate before you do this, fr fr 😭

then the SLI Port posts the mailbox response after marking the virtual fabric inactive. done, slayed, periodt 🔥

⚠️ note the ordering: log out + unregister everything first, then unreg the VFI. don't come crying to me if you skip the logout step 🫶

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_mbox.c — and honestly the whole squad showed up to this party, look at this roster 👑

like, the whole friend group. go read them too, bestie 🌈

that's it, that's the page 🎀 — this one comes to you courtesy of ./drivers/scsi/lpfc and is dated October 2026. mwah, stay hydrated, and don't forget to unregister your remote N_Ports first 💖✨🌸

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