qla4_8xxx_device_bootstrap(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

qla4_8xxx_device_bootstrap — Initialize device, set DEV_READY, start fw. ✨

okay so bestie, this is the qla4_8xxx_device_bootstrap(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and the name is literally telling you the whole plot: initialize the device, set DEV_READY, and start fw. slay. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the signature, copy it exactly or the compiler will side-eye you:

int qla4_8xxx_device_bootstrap (struct scsi_qla_host *ha );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ha — pointer to adapter structure. that's it, that's the argument. 🫶

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🚨 NOTE 🚨

🚨 IDC lock must be held upon entry — no cap, bestie, hold that lock before you walk in. 💀

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🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

you're gonna want the whole friend group, so check these out:

• Kernel file: ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c
• qla4_82xx_idc_lock(9)
• qla4_8xxx_ms_mem_write_128b(9)
• qla4_8xxx_collect_md_data(9)
• qla4_8xxx_uevent_emit(9)
• qla4_82xx_need_reset_handler(9)
• qla4_8xxx_need_qsnt_handler(9)
• qla4_8xxx_device_state_handler(9)
• qla4_8xxx_stop_firmware(9)
• qla4_82xx_isp_reset(9)
• qla4_8xxx_get_sys_info(9)

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mwah 💋 this page is source/version ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx, dated October 2026, and it's the qla4_8xxx_device_bootstrap(9) manual page — bye bestie! 🫶✨