qla4xxx_build_ddb_list(9)

💅 qla4xxx_build_ddb_list 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's about qla4xxx_build_ddb_list, and it's genuinely doing the most for your qla4xxx adapter. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

qla4xxx_build_ddb_list — build the ddb list and set up the sessions, that's the whole vibe 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void qla4xxx_build_ddb_list (struct scsi_qla_host *ha , int is_reset );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ha — pointer to the adapter structure, literally the whole adapter, no big deal 💅
• is_reset — tells you whether this is the init path or the reset path 👀 like which timeline are we in bestie

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea, step by step, no skipping:

1. Create a list of sendtargets (st) from the firmware DDBs 🗒️
2. Issue send targets using connection open 📡
3. Then create the list of normal targets (nt) from the firmware DDBs 👑
4. Based on the list of nt, set up the session and connection objects 💖

that's it, that's the function. it's giving "quietly holding the entire driver together" main character energy ngl ⭐

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c — and bestie, the friend group is LARGE, we're listing everybody fr fr:

• qla4xxx_create_chap_list(9)
• qla4xxx_find_free_chap_index(9)
• qla4xxx_set_chap_entry(9)
• qla4xxx_mark_all_devices_missing(9)
• qla4xxx_queuecommand(9)
• qla4xxx_mem_free(9)
• qla4xxx_mem_alloc(9)
• qla4_8xxx_check_temp(9)
• qla4_8xxx_check_fw_alive(9)
• qla4_8xxx_watchdog(9)
• qla4xxx_timer(9)
• qla4xxx_cmd_wait(9)
• qla4xxx_soft_reset(9)
• qla4xxx_abort_active_cmds(9)
• qla4xxx_recover_adapter(9)
• qla4xxx_do_dpc(9)
• qla4xxx_free_adapter(9)
• qla4xxx_get_bidi_chap(9)
• qla4xxx_check_existing_isid(9)
• qla4xxx_update_isid(9)
• qla4xxx_should_update_isid(9)
• qla4xxx_is_flash_ddb_exists(9)
• qla4xxx_remove_failed_ddb(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_is_non_persistent(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_tgt_create(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_add(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_apply(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_login(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_logout_sid(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_logout(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_set_param(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_delete(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_export(9)
• qla4xxx_wait_login_resp_boot_tgt(9)
• qla4xxx_probe_adapter(9)
• qla4xxx_prevent_other_port_reinit(9)
• qla4xxx_remove_adapter(9)
• qla4xxx_config_dma_addressing(9)
• qla4xxx_del_from_active_array(9)
• qla4xxx_eh_wait_on_command(9)
• qla4xxx_wait_for_hba_online(9)
• qla4xxx_eh_wait_for_commands(9)
• qla4xxx_eh_abort(9)
• qla4xxx_eh_device_reset(9)
• qla4xxx_eh_target_reset(9)
• qla4xxx_is_eh_active(9)
• qla4xxx_eh_host_reset(9)
• qla4xxx_pci_mmio_enabled(9)

like I said. huge friend group. everyone ate 💀💅

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and that's the page bestie!! 🧚 this lil gem lives in ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx, dated October 2026, and yes it's part of the Kernel API Manual — go read the source, it's iconic, periodt 💜🌸