sci_remote_..._group_index(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 sci_remote_..._group_index(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment ✨

okay bestie, sit down, we're reading a kernel manpage and honestly? it's giving main character energy. this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's about finding where the free bits are at. let's go 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

sci_remote_node_table_get_group_index — that's the whole name, that's the vibe. it does exactly one thing and it does it slayfully 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u32 sci_remote_node_table_get_group_index (struct sci_remote_node_table
*remote_node_table , u32 group_table_index );
yes the line break in the middle is real, i didn't do that, the manpage did 🙈 copy it exactly like this and you're golden 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • remote_node_table — this is the remote node index table, aka the place we're making our selection from. it's the source of truth, the mothership, the main character table 💅
  • group_table_index — this is the index into the group table, like the specific shelf we're searching for an available selection on. you point at it, it gets searched 🔍

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this routine will find the bit position in absolute bit terms of the next 32 + bit position. yes, literally 32 + bit position, no cap.

and if there are available bits in the first u32, then it's just bit position. simple as that, bestie 💀

u32 — that's the absolute bit position for an available group. that's the return situation. that's the whole point of the function. iconic honestly 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

like, go read these next, i'm obsessed with how much there is to know:

fr fr that's a lot of related functions and every single one of them is here, i checked twice, we do not skip links in this house 🙏

and that's the whole page, bestie 🧚💜 this absolute banger shipped from ./drivers/scsi/isci and it's dated October 2026 — mark your calendars, screenshot it, send it to the group chat ⭐🌸💖

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