qed_dbg_mcp...et_meta_data(9)

💅 qed_dbg_mcp_trace_set_meta_data(9) 💅

okay so bestie, we're deep in the Kernel API Manual today and this one is a lil function from the qed driver world. stay with me, it's actually so straightforward 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

qed_dbg_mcp_trace_set_meta_data — sets the MCP Trace meta data. that's it. that's the whole job. iconic minimalism 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void qed_dbg_mcp_trace_set_meta_data (struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn , const
u32 *meta_buf );

look at her go. returns nothing, takes two things, no notes. 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• p_hwfn — the HW device data. like, the actual hardware function situation. she's the main character here obvi 👑
• meta_buf — the meta buffer. literally the meta data buffer, bestie. it's giving exactly what it says on the label 🎀

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

Void. nothing comes back. zero. empty. she gives and does not take 😌✨

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea: you need this in case the MCP Trace dump doesn't contain the meta data — like, for example, when there's no NVRAM access. no cap, that's the whole reason she exists. she's the backup plan and she ate 💀🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is long and I refuse to skip a single one because every reference deserves her moment, so buckle up buttercup:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dbg_hsi.h
• qed_dbg_set_bin_ptr(9)
• qed_read_regs(9)
• qed_read_fw_info(9)
• qed_dbg_grc_config(9)
• qed_dbg_grc_set_params_default(9)
• qed_dbg_grc_get_dump_buf_size(9)
• qed_dbg_grc_dump(9)
• qed_dbg_idle_chk_get_dump_buf_size(9)
• qed_dbg_idle_chk_dump(9)
• qed_dbg_mcp_trace_get_dump_buf_size(9)
• qed_dbg_mcp_trace_dump(9)
• qed_dbg_reg_fifo_get_dump_buf_size(9)
• qed_dbg_reg_fifo_dump(9)
• qed_dbg_igu_fifo_get_dump_buf_size(9)
• qed_dbg_igu_fifo_dump(9)
• qed_dbg_protection_override_get_dump_buf_size(9)
• qed_dbg_protection_override_dump(9)
• qed_dbg_fw_asserts_get_dump_buf_size(9)
• qed_dbg_fw_asserts_dump(9)
• qed_dbg_read_attn(9)
• qed_dbg_print_attn(9)
• qed_dbg_user_set_bin_ptr(9)
• qed_dbg_alloc_user_data(9)
• qed_dbg_get_status_str(9)
• qed_get_idle_chk_results_buf_size(9)
• qed_print_idle_chk_results(9)
• qed_get_mcp_trace_results_buf_size(9)
• qed_print_mcp_trace_results(9)
• qed_mcp_trace_free_meta_data(9)
• qed_get_reg_fifo_results_buf_size(9)
• qed_print_reg_fifo_results(9)
• qed_get_igu_fifo_results_buf_size(9)
• qed_print_igu_fifo_results(9)
• qed_get_protection_override_results_buf_size(9)
• qed_print_protection_override_results(9)
• qed_get_fw_asserts_results_buf_size(9)
• qed_print_fw_asserts_results(9)
• qed_dbg_parse_attn(9)

like I said. a whole friend group. all of them invited to the party 🧚‍♀️💖

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fr fr bestie, if you're poking at MCP trace dumps and the meta data ghosted you, this function is your girl. she sets the meta data. she does not return anything. periodt. 💅

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and that's the page!! source lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed, dated October 2026, from the Kernel API Manual — mwah, love u, go read the source, bye 💖🎀🦋🌸✨