mpi3mr_start_watchdog(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 mpi3mr_start_watchdog 🎀

okay so this one is from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and honestly? it's a short one but it's kind of a big deal bestie. it's giving "small function, huge responsibility." let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

mpi3mr_start_watchdog — Start watchdog

like, literally. it starts the watchdog. that's the whole vibe. 🐕

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void mpi3mr_start_watchdog (struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc );

no cap, that's the exact signature. copy it character for character or the compiler will absolutely humble you 😭

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • mrioc — the adapter instance reference 🫶 like, the lil handle to the controller you're babysitting.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what it does: it creates and starts the watchdog thread, and that thread's whole job is monitoring controller faults. main character energy for real — it just sits there watching, waiting, clocking everything. 👑

two steps, one function: create the thread, start the thread. slay. ⭐

🎀 RETURN 🎀

Nothing. 🫥

like, actually nothing — not a value, not an error code, not a vibe check. void said what it said. 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay so this section is long — it's the whole group chat. every single one of these, exactly as written, no edits, no merges, no "fixing" anything 👑:

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c, and the squad is:

and yes bestie, mpimr_initialize_reply_sbuf_queues(9) really does say mpimr and not mpi3mr up there — that's how it's written on the page, so that's how it's written here. iykyk 🫶 not me changing a single character 💅

and that's the whole page, no notes, it ate and left no crumbs 🌈

so like, that's it — sign-off time: this one lives in ./drivers/scsi/mpi3mr, it's the mpi3mr_start_watchdog(9) page, dated October 2026. periodt. 💜🧚🌸

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