qla2x00_prep_ms_iocb(9)

💅 qla2x00_prep_ms_iocb — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the qla2xxx corner of the kernel, aka the ~Kernel API Manual~ and today's main character is qla2x00_prep_ms_iocb(9). she's a little function, she does one thing, and honestly? she ate. 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

qla2x00_prep_ms_iocb — get the common MS/CT IOCB fields ready for an SNS CT query. literally her whole job, and she's obsessed with it 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void * qla2x00_prep_ms_iocb (scsi_qla_host_t *vha , struct ct_arg *arg
);

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• vha — the HA context, aka the little world this host adapter lives in 🫶
• arg — the CT arguments, the lil bundle of stuff she needs to do the thing

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So what does she actually do? bestie she returns a pointer to the vha's ms_iocb. that's it. that's the tweet. no cap. 💅

no hidden lore, no surprise side quests, just: pointer out, go touch some mailbox registers, slay 🌈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the friend group chat, and it's a big one — go say hi to all of them or whatever:

• the kernel file ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c 👑
• 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)
• qla2x00_prep_ms_fdmi_iocb(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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okay and finally the cute little sign-off because we do NOT skip the credits 💖 this page lives in the kernel tree at ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx, and it was stamped with love (and a date) in October 2026. periodt. 🎀🦋✨