qla4xxx_soft_reset(9)

✨ qla4xxx_soft_reset ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's short and sweet and kind of iconic for it. sit down bestie, this one's a quick read 💅

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💖 NAME 💖

qla4xxx_soft_reset — performs soft reset.

that's it. that's the whole vibe. it does a soft reset. no cap. 🔥

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int qla4xxx_soft_reset (struct scsi_qla_host *ha );

literally one function, one argument, returns an int. clean. minimal. main character energy fr fr ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ha — pointer to the host adapter structure 🫶 like, that's the thing you're resetting, bestie. hand it over and let the function cook.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay this is the part where the page goes absolutely feral with the friend list 😭 — the kernel file ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c and all its little siblings:

• 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_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_build_ddb_list(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, that's a whole group chat right there and every single one of them said "seen" 👀 — go read them if you want the full lore, iykyk 💜

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bestie heads up: this page is literally just the NAME, SYNOPSIS, ARGUMENTS and SEE ALSO. no hidden lore, no extra options, no gotchas. what you see is what you get. 💀

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and that's the whole page!! 🌈 brought to you by the source at ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx, dated October 2026 — stamp it, sign it, slay it, periodt 🎀👑💖