qla4xxx_about_firmware(9)

💖 qla4xxx_about_firmware(9) 💖

okay bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally about qla4xxx_about_firmware — say that three times fast, i dare you 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

qla4xxx_about_firmware — gets FW, iscsi draft and boot loader version 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int qla4xxx_about_firmware (struct scsi_qla_host *ha );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ha — Pointer to host adapter structure. that's it, that's the whole vibe check 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does this actually do? it retrieves the FW version, the iSCSI draft version & the bootloader version of the HBA. three-for-one, iconic behavior honestly ✨

now the important part, no cap: Mailboxes 2 & 3 may hold an address for data. make sure that we write 0 to those mailboxes, if unused. like, actually make sure. don't leave them sitting there holding stale stuff 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c — go read the source bestie, it's giving main character energy 💜

and the whole friend group of related calls, all here, none skipped, periodt:

• qla4xxx_is_intr_poll_mode(9)
• qla4xxx_mailbox_command(9)
• qla4xxx_get_minidump_template(9)
• qla4xxx_req_template_size(9)
• qla4xxx_initialize_fw_cb(9)
• qla4xxx_get_dhcp_ip_address(9)
• qla4xxx_get_firmware_state(9)
• qla4xxx_get_firmware_status(9)
• qla4xxx_set_ddb_entry(9)
• qla4xxx_get_crash_record(9)
• qla4xxx_get_conn_event_log(9)
• qla4xxx_abort_task(9)
• qla4xxx_reset_lun(9)
• qla4xxx_reset_target(9)
• qla4xxx_set_chap(9)
• qla4xxx_get_chap_index(9)
• qla4_84xx_extend_idc_tmo(9)
• qla4_8xxx_set_param(9)
• qla4_83xx_post_idc_ack(9)

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mwah 💋 that's the whole page, you ate it fr fr.

okay and before you go — this little beauty lives in ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx and it's dated October 2026, so yeah, future vibes only 🦋⭐ go forth and read your firmware versions, bestie, i'm obsessed with you 💖