mpi3mr_get_chain_idx(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 mpi3mr_get_chain_idx(9) — Kernel API Manual

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie. Yes, that kernel. We're in the SCSI driver trenches today and honestly? it's giving main character energy. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

mpi3mr_get_chain_idx — get a free chain buffer index 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int mpi3mr_get_chain_idx (struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc );

🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

  • mrioc — your adapter instance reference, aka the whole entire vibe of the controller you're working with. it's literally the plug. 🔌

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So the function tries to get a free chain buffer index from the free pool. that's it, that's the whole thing. it's a little scavenger hunt for a spare index and it goes and asks the free pool nicely for one. 🫶

no cap, that's the whole description. sometimes the small functions are the iconic ones.

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • -1 — on failure 😭 (nope, no index for you)
  • the free chain buffer index — on success, slay 💅✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the lore runs DEEP on this one, so buckle up. here's the whole roster, and yes i'm listing every single one because they all ate:

no cap, that's a lot of siblings. read them all or don't, but they're all here, periodt. 💀

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this lil artifact lives under the source/version ./drivers/scsi/mpi3mr, dated October 2026, and it's filed as mpi3mr_get_chain_idx(9) — go be iconic with your chain buffer indices, bestie. 🌈⭐🍓

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