megaraid_mbox_fire_sync_cmd(9)

💅 megaraid_mbox_fire_sync_cmd(9) 💅

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, bestie, and we're talking about megaraid_mbox_fire_sync_cmd — yes that's a whole mouthful, but it's literally just one function and she's iconic for it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

megaraid_mbox_fire_sync_cmd — fire the sync cmd 🔥 (yes, that's the whole name, she's efficient like that)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int megaraid_mbox_fire_sync_cmd (adapter_t *adapter );

one function, one pointer, one int coming back at you. no cap, that's the whole vibe check 🦋

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• adapter — the soft state for the controller 💖 like, this is the controller's whole personality/lore in one struct, and you're handing it over so the function knows who it's working with.

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

okay so here's what she actually does, and it's giving "clean slate" energy:

She clears the pending cmds in FW and then reinits its RAID structs. 🧚

that's it. that's the whole function. pending commands in the firmware? gone, cleared, not me dealing with those. RAID structs? reset, fresh, reborn. periodt. ✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay so there's a LOT of siblings in this family and you will be meeting all of them, so buckle up bestie, here's the full guest list 💜 — and heads up, the kernel file lives at ./drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c:

• megaraid_init(9)
• megaraid_exit(9)
• megaraid_probe_one(9)
• megaraid_detach_one(9)
• megaraid_mbox_shutdown(9)
• megaraid_io_attach(9)
• megaraid_io_detach(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_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)

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ngl bestie, if you're reading this page you're probably already deep in the megaraid mbox lore — welcome, we're all a little obsessed here 🫶

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and that's the whole page!! mwah 💋 this gem lives in ./drivers/scsi/megaraid, and the version of this page is from October 2026, filed under megaraid_mbox_fire_sync_cmd(9). go fire that sync cmd, bestie — slay 💅✨