mpt_print_ioc_summary(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 mpt_print_ioc_summary(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

ok so bestie, you know how mpt_print_ioc_summary is a function name that sounds like it needs a whole personality? yeah. that's this page. it lives in the Kernel API Manual, and it's genuinely so useful — no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

mpt_print_ioc_summary — writes an ASCII summary of the IOC straight into a buffer, bestie. that's the whole job. iconic.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void mpt_print_ioc_summary (MPT_ADAPTER *ioc , char *buffer , int *size
, int len , int showlan );

like look at that signature. five whole arguments. she's got range 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

okay so here's who's who in this friend group:

  • ioc — a pointer to the MPT_ADAPTER structure. the main character, honestly. everything comes from her.
  • buffer — a pointer to the buffer where the IOC summary info is gonna be written. this is the canvas, the whole aesthetic lives here.
  • size — a pointer to the number of bytes we wrote. and bestie, this is set by this routine — she updates it for you. she's doing the work fr fr.
  • len — the offset at which to start writing in the buffer. so like, where in the buffer we're dropping the text. the starting point. iykyk.
  • showlan — display LAN stuff? that's it. that's the question. int, so you make the call 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the way that this routine works: it writes (english readable) ASCII text into a buffer, and that text represents a summary of IOC information. that's it. that's the vibe. it's giving "translating hardware into something a human can actually read."

no fancy gadgets, no drama, just a void return and a buffer that comes out looking like english. we love a lowkey overachiever ✨

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the kernel file ./drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c — and then, ok, buckle up, because the bestie list is LONG and she did not skip a single one:

see? told you. every single one made the list. nobody got left on read 🫶

ok that's the whole page, bestie — go write some ASCII summaries 💖

and yeah, the credits: this one comes from ./drivers/message/fusion, dated October 2026, part of the Kernel API Manual. slay. periodt ✨🎀

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