mptspi_initTarget(9)

💅 mptspi_initTarget(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay bestie, buckle up, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is mptspi_initTarget — say it with me, it's giving "target, LUN alloc/free functionality" energy ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mptspi_initTarget — literally all the target + LUN alloc/free functionality. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void mptspi_initTarget (MPT_SCSI_HOST *hd , VirtTarget *vtarget , struct
       scsi_device *sdev );

it returns void, so like… no take-backs, no report card, she just does the thing 💅

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• hd — a pointer to the MPT_SCSI_HOST structure 🫶 that's the big one, the main character of the struct world
• vtarget — the per target private data, lowkey her own little diary 📓
• sdev — the SCSI device, iconic, no notes 💖

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⚠️ NOTE ⚠️

bestie. listen. it is only SAFE to call this routine if data points to sane & valid STANDARD INQUIRY data! like do NOT come for her with garbage inquiry data, she will not survive it 😭

she allocates and initializes memory for this target, and saves the inquiry data. periodt. 🔥

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

kernel file ./drivers/message/fusion/mptspi.c — go read her, she's right there 👑

the whole friend group, in order:

• mptspi_setTargetNegoParms(9)
• mptspi_writeIOCPage4(9)
• mptspi_is_raid(9)
• mptspi_print_write_nego(9)
• mptspi_print_read_nego(9)
• mptspi_init(9)
• mptspi_exit(9)

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and that's the page, bestie 💜 huge shoutout to <lavender>./drivers/message/fusion</lavender> for hosting this whole situation, dated October 2026 — mwah, slay, see u in the next manpage 🎀✨🦋