qla_edif_app_start(9)

✨ qla_edif_app_start(9) ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this one is called qla_edif_app_start(9) — say it with me, it's giving very much "the app has announced its present" 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

qla_edif_app_start — the application has announce its present 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int qla_edif_app_start (scsi_qla_host_t *vha , struct bsg_job *bsg_job );

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🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

• vha — the host adapter pointer, i.e. your main character. literally the adapter bestie 🫶
• bsg_job — the user request. that's the ask coming in from userspace, no cap ✨

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So what does it do? It sets/activates the doorbell 🔔 (yes, a doorbell, iconic). Then it resets the current sessions and re-logs in with the secure flag. periodt.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_edif.c and its whole friend group:

• qla_edif_app_check(9)
• qla_delete_n2n_sess_and_wait(9)
• qla_edif_app_stop(9)
• qla_edif_app_authok(9)
• qla_edif_app_authfail(9)
• qla_edif_app_getfcinfo(9)
• qla_edif_app_getstats(9)
• qla_enode_init(9)
• qla_enode_stop(9)
• qla_pur_get_pending(9)
• qla28xx_start_scsi_edif(9)

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ngl bestie, read the friends too — that's the whole squad right there 👑

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⭐ and that's the page!! it lives in ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx, dated October 2026 — mwah, go slay your doorbell stuff 💖🧚‍♀️🌸