ufshcd_dme_link_startup(9)

💅 ufshcd_dme_link_startup(9) — Kernel API Manual

okay bestie, welcome to the glow-up era of the Unipro link ✨ this is a page straight out of the kernel API manual and it's giving "small function, big responsibilities" energy. Buckle up 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ufshcd_dme_link_startup — the girly whose whole job is to notify Unipro to perform link startup. That's it. That's the vibe. She tells Unipro to wake up and get ready 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ufshcd_dme_link_startup (struct ufs_hba *hba );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hba — per adapter instance 💫 (yes, one per adapter, no sharing, we don't do that here)

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea ☕ the UIC_CMD_DME_LINK_STARTUP command must be issued to the Unipro layer, in order to initialize the Unipro link startup procedure. No shortcut, no vibes-only approach, the command goes out, periodt.

Once the Unipro links are up, the device connected to the controller is detected 👀 like, that's the whole payoff — links up, device spotted, main character energy.

ngl bestie, this is literally the "say hi so the other side knows you're here" step of the whole link dance 🫶

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

• 0 on success 🎉
• non-zero value on failure 😭 (aka, something did NOT slay)

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💅 SEE ALSO 💅

the whole friend group 🫶 — Kernel file ./drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c, plus:

ufshcd_enable_intr(9), ufshcd_disable_intr(9), ufshcd_print_trs_all(9), ufshcd_print_pwr_info(9), ufshcd_wait_for_register(9), ufshcd_get_intr_mask(9), ufshcd_get_ufs_version(9), ufshcd_is_device_present(9), ufshcd_get_tr_ocs(9), ufshcd_utrl_clear(9), ufshcd_utmrl_clear(9), ufshcd_get_lists_status(9), ufshcd_get_req_rsp(9), ufshcd_is_exception_event(9), ufshcd_reset_intr_aggr(9), ufshcd_config_intr_aggr(9), ufshcd_disable_intr_aggr(9), ufshcd_enable_run_stop_reg(9), ufshcd_hba_start(9), ufshcd_is_hba_active(9), ufshcd_pm_qos_init(9), ufshcd_pm_qos_exit(9), ufshcd_pm_qos_update(9), ufshcd_set_clk_freq(9), ufshcd_scale_clks(9), ufshcd_is_devfreq_scaling_required(9), ufshcd_pause_command_processing(9), ufshcd_resume_command_processing(9), ufshcd_scale_gear(9), ufshcd_devfreq_scale(9), ufshcd_hold(9), ufshcd_send_command(9), ufshcd_copy_sense_data(9), ufshcd_copy_query_response(9), ufshcd_hba_capabilities(9), ufshcd_ready_for_uic_cmd(9), ufshcd_get_upmcrs(9), ufshcd_dispatch_uic_cmd(9), ufshcd_wait_for_uic_cmd(9), __ufshcd_send_uic_cmd(9), ufshcd_send_uic_cmd(9), ufshcd_sgl_to_prdt(9), ufshcd_map_sg(9), ufshcd_prepare_req_desc_hdr(9), ufshcd_prepare_utp_scsi_cmd_upiu(9), ufshcd_prepare_utp_query_req_upiu(9), ufshcd_compose_devman_upiu(9), ufshcd_comp_scsi_upiu(9), ufshcd_upiu_wlun_to_scsi_wlun(9), ufshcd_queuecommand(9), ufshcd_dev_cmd_completion(9), ufshcd_exec_dev_cmd(9), ufshcd_init_query(9), ufshcd_query_flag(9), ufshcd_query_attr(9), ufshcd_query_attr_retry(9), ufshcd_query_attr_qword(9), ufshcd_query_descriptor_retry(9), ufshcd_read_desc_param(9), struct uc_string_id(9), ufshcd_read_string_desc(9), ufshcd_read_unit_desc_param(9), ufshcd_memory_alloc(9), ufshcd_host_memory_configure(9), ufshcd_dme_reset(9), ufshcd_dme_enable(9), ufshcd_dme_set_attr(9), ufshcd_dme_get_attr(9), ufshcd_dme_rmw(9), ufshcd_uic_pwr_ctrl(9), ufshcd_uic_tx_eqtr(9), ufshcd_send_bsg_uic_cmd(9), ufshcd_uic_change_pwr_mode(9), ufshcd_get_max_pwr_mode(9), ufshcd_dme_change_power_mode(9), ufshcd_change_power_mode(9), ufshcd_config_pwr_mode(9), ufshcd_complete_dev_init(9), ufshcd_make_hba_operational(9), ufshcd_hba_stop(9), ufshcd_hba_execute_hce(9), ufshcd_link_startup(9), ufshcd_verify_dev_init(9), ufshcd_setup_links(9), ufshcd_lu_init(9), ufshcd_sdev_init(9), ufshcd_change_queue_depth(9), ufshcd_sdev_configure(9), ufshcd_sdev_destroy(9), ufshcd_scsi_cmd_status(9), ufshcd_transfer_rsp_status(9), ufshcd_uic_cmd_compl(9), ufshcd_compl_one_cqe(9), __ufshcd_transfer_req_compl(9), ufshcd_mcq_compl_pending_transfer(9), ufshcd_transfer_req_compl(9), ufshcd_disable_ee(9), ufshcd_enable_ee(9), ufshcd_enable_auto_bkops(9), ufshcd_disable_auto_bkops(9), ufshcd_force_reset_auto_bkops(9), ufshcd_bkops_ctrl(9), ufshcd_exception_event_handler(9), ufshcd_quirk_dl_nac_errors(9), ufshcd_abort_all(9), ufshcd_err_handler(9), ufshcd_update_uic_error(9), ufshcd_check_errors(9), ufshcd_tmc_handler(9), ufshcd_handle_mcq_cq_events(9), ufshcd_sl_intr(9), ufshcd_intr(9), ufshcd_issue_tm_cmd(9), ufshcd_issue_devman_upiu_cmd(9), ufshcd_exec_raw_upiu_cmd(9), ufshcd_advanced_rpmb_req_handler(9), ufshcd_eh_device_reset_handler(9), ufshcd_try_to_abort_task(9), ufshcd_abort(9), ufshcd_process_probe_result(9), ufshcd_host_reset_and_restore(9), ufshcd_reset_and_restore(9), ufshcd_eh_host_reset_handler(9), ufshcd_get_max_icc_level(9), ufshcd_find_max_sup_active_icc_level(9), ufshcd_scsi_add_wlus(9), ufshcd_create_device_id(9), ufshcd_quirk_tune_host_pa_tactivate(9), ufshcd_quirk_override_pa_h8time(9), ufshcd_add_lus(9), ufshcd_get_op_mode(9), ufshcd_probe_hba(9), ufshcd_async_scan(9), ufshcd_set_dev_pwr_mode(9), ufshcd_suspend(9), ufshcd_resume(9), ufshcd_system_suspend(9), ufshcd_system_resume(9), ufshcd_runtime_suspend(9), ufshcd_runtime_resume(9), ufshcd_remove(9), ufshcd_set_dma_mask(9), ufshcd_devres_release(9), ufshcd_alloc_host(9), ufshcd_init(9)

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that's the whole page, bestie 💖 no cap. source-wise, this one lives under ./drivers/ufs/core and the date on it is October 2026 🗓️ — so go forth, start those links, and slay ✨🦋🌸👑