qla2x00_prep_ms_fdmi_iocb(9)

✨ qla2x00_prep_ms_fdmi_iocb(9) ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and honestly? this one's a little baby function but it's important, so let's give it the main character energy it deserves 🎀

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💖 NAME 💖

qla2x00_prep_ms_fdmi_iocb — the girl whose whole job is prepping the common MS IOCB fields for an FDMI query. no cap, that's it, that's the gig 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void * qla2x00_prep_ms_fdmi_iocb (scsi_qla_host_t *vha , uint32_t
req_size , uint32_t rsp_size );

she takes three things and hands you back a void *. iconic behavior, honestly 🦋

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• vha — the HA context, aka the homegirl herself 💁‍♀️
• req_size — request size in bytes 📏
• rsp_size — response size in bytes 📐

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so what does she do? literally just returns a pointer to the ha's ms_iocb. that's the whole vibe check, and she passes it. periodt 🔥

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

like, the whole squad shows up for this one — no gatekeeping here, iykyk 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c

qla2x00_prep_ms_iocb(9), qla24xx_prep_ms_iocb(9), qla2x00_prep_ct_req(9), qla2x00_ga_nxt(9), qla2x00_gid_pt(9), qla2x00_gpn_id(9), qla2x00_gnn_id(9), qla2x00_rft_id(9), qla2x00_rff_id(9), qla2x00_rnn_id(9), qla2x00_rsnn_nn(9), qla2x00_prep_sns_cmd(9), qla2x00_sns_ga_nxt(9), qla2x00_sns_gid_pt(9), qla2x00_sns_gpn_id(9), qla2x00_sns_gnn_id(9), qla2x00_sns_rft_id(9), qla2x00_sns_rnn_id(9), qla2x00_mgmt_svr_login(9), qla24xx_prep_ms_fdmi_iocb(9), qla2x00_prep_ct_fdmi_req(9), qla2x00_hba_attributes(9), qla2x00_port_attributes(9), qla2x00_fdmi_rhba(9), qla2x00_fdmi_rprt(9), qla2x00_fdmi_rpa(9), qla2x00_fdmi_register(9), qla2x00_gfpn_id(9), qla2x00_gff_id(9)

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💌 and that's the page bestie! brought to you straight out of ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx, dated October 2026 — go off, kernel docs, you ate 💜🫶✨