qla4_8xxx_stop_firmware(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 qla4_8xxx_stop_firmware — like, the kernel API manual, bestie

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for qla4_8xxx_stop_firmware — yep, that's the whole title, section 9, we're in the deep kernel lore now and honestly? kind of iconic. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

qla4_8xxx_stop_firmware — stops firmware on a specified adapter instance. that's it. that's the whole job. she stops the firmware. periodt. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int qla4_8xxx_stop_firmware (struct scsi_qla_host *ha );

like yes, she returns an int, and yes, she takes exactly one (1) argument. lowkey elegant. 🦋

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • ha — pointer to the host adapter structure. that's your adapter bestie, the one you're about to stop the firmware on. handle with care, ok? 💖

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so here's the vibe check. Remarks: for iSCSI, this function literally throws away all I/O and AENs into the bit bucket 😭 — like, gone gone, not coming back, and they will not be available after a successful return. no cap.

⚠️ so listen: the driver must clean up potential outstanding I/O's after calling this function. like, this is not a suggestion, this is a requirement. don't leave your I/O's hanging, bestie. 🙈

(also small thing — the original spells it "funcion", we're keeping the energy but the facts stand: clean up your outstanding I/O, fr fr. 💀)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c, plus this whole friend group of related functions — go say hi:

and that's the page, bestie!! 🧚💜 this lil masterpiece lives in ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx, stamped October 2026 — so go forth, stop that firmware, and clean up your outstanding I/O's afterwards like the main character you are. 👑💖

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