qla2x00_prep...t_type1_iocb(9)

💅 qla2x00_prep...t_type1_iocb(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, but make it main character energy 🎀 this page is literally about a tiny but iconic kernel helper, and yes, we are gonna read the whole thing together. no skipping. periodt 💖

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🦋 NAME 🦋

qla2x00_prep_cont_type1_iocb — Initialize a Continuation Type 1 IOCB. ✨

like… that's the name, that's the job, and honestly? it ate. no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

cont_a64_entry_t * qla2x00_prep_cont_type1_iocb (scsi_qla_host_t *vha ,
struct qla_hw_data *ha , struct req_que *req );

this is the exact function signature, bestie — don't let anyone "fix" the spacing on you 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vha — HA context 🫶
• ha — pointer to adapter hardware data 🧚
• req — request queue 🌈

three little arguments, all doing their thing. iconic behavior honestly 😌

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Returns a pointer to the continuation type 1 IOCB packet. ✨

that's it. that's the vibe. it's giving "short function, clear purpose, no drama" and we respect it fr fr 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file: ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c 🦋
• qla2x00_get_cmd_direction(9)
• qla2x00_calc_iocbs_32(9)
• qla2x00_calc_iocbs_64(9)
• qla2x00_prep_cont_type0_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)

^ the whole friend group, linked and listed, exactly as requested 💖 iykyk.

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