qla2x00_calc_iocbs_64(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the qla2x00_calc_iocbs_64(9) page in the Kernel API Manual — yes, that manual, and yes, this function is here to determine number of Command Type 3 and Continuation Type 1 IOCBs to allocate 💅✨

• qla2x00_calc_iocbs_64 — determine number of Command Type 3 and Continuation Type 1 IOCBs to allocate. that's the whole name, and it ate 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

uint16_t qla2x00_calc_iocbs_64 (uint16_t dsds );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• dsds — number of data segment descriptors needed 🧚‍♀️ like, that's the input, bestie, and it matters.

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so the way this works is: it returns the number of IOCB entries needed to store dsds 🫶

that's it. that's the function. no side quests, no extra lore — just the count you need, served fresh ✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c is right there doing its main-character thing, and these are the besties in the same orbit:

• qla2x00_get_cmd_direction(9)
• qla2x00_calc_iocbs_32(9)
• qla2x00_prep_cont_type0_iocb(9)
• qla2x00_prep_cont_type1_iocb(9)
• qla2x00_build_scsi_iocbs_64(9)
• qla2x00_start_scsi(9)
• qla2x00_start_iocbs(9)
• __qla2x00_marker(9)
• qla24xx_build_scsi_iocbs(9)
• qla24xx_build_scsi_crc_2_iocbs(9)
• qla24xx_start_scsi(9)
• qla24xx_dif_start_scsi(9)
• qla2xxx_start_scsi_mq(9)
• qla2xxx_dif_start_scsi_mq(9)
• qla_start_scsi_type6(9)
• qla2900_prep_cont_type1_iocb(9)
• qla29xx_build_scsi_type_6_iocbs(9)
• qla29xx_build_scsi_iocbs(9)
• qla29xx_build_scsi_crc_2_iocbs(9)
• qla29xx_copy_dif_iocb_data(9)

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kisses from ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx, October 2026 — qla2x00_calc_iocbs_64(9) out, byeee 💋🫶💖