megaraid_io_detach(9)

💅 megaraid_io_detach — a Kernel API Manual moment

Okay so bestie, welcome to megaraid_io_detach(9), literally the little kernel function that could 💖. It's a manual page from the Kernel API Manual and it's short, it's sweet, it's giving "one job and she does it" energy. Let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

megaraid_io_detach — detach a device from the IO subsystem. That's it, that's the whole vibe 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void megaraid_io_detach (adapter_t *adapter );

Look at her. Returns nothing (void, iconic, unbothered), takes exactly one thing. No drama, no extra credit 🫶

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• adapter — the controller's soft state. Yes bestie, that's the whole description, and honestly? Respect. It's the soft state of the controller and she's the main character of this function ✨

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Detach this device from the IO subsystem.

That's the entire description, no cap 😭 — the manpage says what it says and then it's done. Short, direct, absolutely no filler. Not me being obsessed with a function whose documentation is one sentence long 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Okay so this is where it gets iconic, because the SEE ALSO section went absolutely feral. Every single one of these is in the kernel file ./drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c, and every single one is here, bestie, we're not skipping a single one 👑

• megaraid_init(9)
• megaraid_exit(9)
• megaraid_probe_one(9)
• megaraid_detach_one(9)
• megaraid_mbox_shutdown(9)
• megaraid_io_attach(9)
• megaraid_init_mbox(9)
• megaraid_fini_mbox(9)
• megaraid_alloc_cmd_packets(9)
• megaraid_free_cmd_packets(9)
• megaraid_mbox_setup_dma_pools(9)
• megaraid_mbox_teardown_dma_pools(9)
• megaraid_alloc_scb(9)
• megaraid_dealloc_scb(9)
• megaraid_mbox_mksgl(9)
• mbox_post_cmd(9)
• megaraid_queue_command_lck(9)
• megaraid_mbox_build_cmd(9)
• megaraid_mbox_runpendq(9)
• megaraid_mbox_prepare_pthru(9)
• megaraid_mbox_prepare_epthru(9)
• megaraid_ack_sequence(9)
• megaraid_isr(9)
• megaraid_mbox_dpc(9)
• megaraid_abort_handler(9)
• megaraid_reset_handler(9)
• mbox_post_sync_cmd(9)
• mbox_post_sync_cmd_fast(9)
• megaraid_busywait_mbox(9)
• megaraid_mbox_product_info(9)
• megaraid_mbox_extended_cdb(9)
• megaraid_mbox_support_ha(9)
• megaraid_mbox_support_random_del(9)
• megaraid_mbox_get_max_sg(9)
• megaraid_mbox_enum_raid_scsi(9)
• megaraid_mbox_flush_cache(9)
• megaraid_mbox_fire_sync_cmd(9)
• megaraid_mbox_display_scb(9)
• megaraid_mbox_setup_device_map(9)
• megaraid_cmm_register(9)
• megaraid_cmm_unregister(9)
• megaraid_mbox_mm_handler(9)
• megaraid_mbox_mm_command(9)
• megaraid_mbox_mm_done(9)
• gather_hbainfo(9)
• megaraid_sysfs_alloc_resources(9)
• megaraid_sysfs_free_resources(9)
• megaraid_sysfs_get_ldmap_done(9)
• megaraid_sysfs_get_ldmap_timeout(9)
• megaraid_sysfs_get_ldmap(9)
• megaraid_mbox_app_hndl_show(9)
• megaraid_mbox_ld_show(9)

Fifty-three entries. Fifty-three!! The way this page said "you want related functions? I'll give you related functions" 🫠💅

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Heads up bestie: the page points you at the kernel source file ./drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c for the actual code — this is documentation, not the implementation, so go read the file if you want the real tea 🍓

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And that's the whole page, no notes 💖 This little cutie lives in ./drivers/scsi/megaraid, this copy is dated October 2026, and it's still answering to the name megaraid_io_detach(9). Mwah, go detach something 🧚‍♀️✨