qla4xxx_get...ump_template(9)

💅 qla4xxx_get_minidump_template — a Kernel API Manual moment 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ and today's main character is qla4xxx_get_minidump_template(9) — yes the header lowkey truncates it to qla4xxx_get...ump_template(9) but we know her full government name now, no cap 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

qla4xxx_get_minidump_template — get the firmware template 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int qla4xxx_get_minidump_template(struct scsi_qla_host *ha, dma_addr_t
phys_addr);

like literally that's the whole vibe check right there 🦋

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ha — pointer to the host adapter structure 👑 this is the whole personality of the call tbh
• phys_addr — the dma address for the template 📬 where the template lives, address-wise

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so the tea is: you obtain the minidump template from firmware during initialization 🌈 and the reason is genuinely iconic — because it may not be available when minidump is desired 😭 so we grab it early, we secure the bag, we move on. periodt.

ngl this is a "get it while it's hot" situation — the firmware template has main character energy at init time and then dips later, so plan accordingly 🧚

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole friend group 🫶 starting with the kernel file itself:

• Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c
• qla4xxx_is_intr_poll_mode(9)
• qla4xxx_mailbox_command(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_about_firmware(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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and that's the page bestie, ily, go read some kernel source 💜

sign-off szn ✨ this little masterpiece lives in ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx, it's dated October 2026 🌸 and it answers to the name qla4xxx_get...ump_template(9) — yeah, same truncated name as the header, she's consistent 💀🔥