sci_controll...tart_timeout(9)

✨ sci_controller_get_suggested_start_timeout — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, we're deep in the sci_controll...tart_timeout(9) page rn and honestly? it's a little guy with one job and it does it slayfully 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

sci_controller_get_suggested_start_timeout — this method hands you the suggested sci_controller_start() timeout amount. and like, you're free to use literally any timeout value you want, no cap — this is just the suggested minimum start timeout value, okay? the returned number is based on empirical info that came out of interoperability testing, so it's giving "we actually tested this" energy 🔥

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

u32 sci_controller_get_suggested_start_timeout (struct isci_host *ihost
);

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ihost — the handle to the controller object for which you want the suggested start timeout. that's it, that's the whole vibe check 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

this method returns the number of milliseconds for the suggested start operation timeout. milliseconds!! tiny little units!! iconic ⭐

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

kernel file ./drivers/scsi/isci/host.c, plus the whole friend group:

• isci_host_start_complete(9)
• sci_controller_start_next_phy(9)
• isci_host_completion_routine(9)
• sci_controller_stop(9)
• sci_controller_reset(9)
• isci_host_deinit(9)
• sci_controller_set_interrupt_coalescence(9)
• isci_host_init(9)
• sci_controller_allocate_remote_node_context(9)
• sci_controller_complete_io(9)
• sci_controller_start_task(9)

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ngl bestie, remember: this is the suggested value, not a mandatory one. you can pick your own timeout, the kernel's not gonna gatekeep you 🙈

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okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 this came from ./drivers/scsi/isci, dated October 2026 — periodt, go forth and start your controllers responsibly 🧚‍♀️✨