ata_scsi_remove_dev(9)

🌸 ata_scsi_remove_dev(9) 🌸

okay bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual tea on ata_scsi_remove_dev — the little function with big “remove the attached SCSI device” energy 💅✨

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💖 NAME 💖

ata_scsi_remove_dev — remove attached SCSI device, periodt.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is literally:

void ata_scsi_remove_dev (struct ata_device *dev );

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• dev — the ATA device to remove attached SCSI device for. that's the one, bestie 🎀

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so the main character moment: this function is called from ata_eh_scsi_hotplug and responsible for removing the SCSI device attached to dev. no cap, that's the whole job 💖

LOCKING: Kernel thread context (may sleep). so like… respect the sleepy vibe 😴💤

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

the kernel file is ./drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c — that's where the receipts live 📁✨

and here's the full SEE ALSO squad, every single one, no skipping:

• ata_scsi_set_passthru_sense_fields(9), ata_std_bios_param(9), ata_scsi_unlock_native_capacity(9), ata_get_identity(9), ata_cmd_ioctl(9)
• ata_task_ioctl(9), ata_scsi_qc_new(9), ata_to_sense_error(9), ata_gen_ata_sense(9), ata_scsi_dma_need_drain(9)
• ata_scsi_sdev_init(9), ata_scsi_sdev_configure(9), ata_scsi_sdev_destroy(9), ata_scsi_start_stop_xlat(9), ata_scsi_flush_xlat(9)
• scsi_6_lba_len(9), scsi_10_lba_len(9), scsi_16_lba_len(9), scsi_dld(9), ata_scsi_verify_xlat(9)
• ata_scsi_rw_xlat(9), ata_scsi_translate(9), ata_scsi_rbuf_fill(9), ata_scsiop_inq_std(9), ata_scsiop_inq_00(9)
• ata_scsiop_inq_80(9), ata_scsiop_inq_83(9), ata_scsiop_inq_89(9), ata_dsm_trim_pages(9), ata_scsiop_inq_b0(9)
• ata_scsiop_inq_b1(9), ata_scsiop_inq_b2(9), ata_scsiop_inq_b6(9), ata_scsiop_inq_b9(9), ata_scsiop_inquiry(9)
• modecpy(9), ata_msense_caching(9), ata_msense_control(9), ata_msense_rw_recovery(9), ata_scsiop_mode_sense(9)
• ata_scsiop_read_cap(9), ata_scsiop_report_luns(9), atapi_xlat(9), ata_scsi_find_dev(9), ata_scsi_pass_thru(9)
• ata_format_dsm_trim_descr(9), ata_scsi_write_same_xlat(9), ata_scsiop_maint_in(9), ata_scsi_report_zones_complete(9), ata_mselect_caching(9)
• ata_mselect_control(9), ata_scsi_mode_select_xlat(9), ata_scsi_var_len_cdb_xlat(9), ata_get_xlat_func(9), ata_scsi_simulate(9)
• ata_scsi_queuecmd(9), ata_scsi_offline_dev(9), ata_scsi_media_change_notify(9), ata_scsi_hotplug(9), ata_scsi_user_scan(9)
• ata_scsi_dev_rescan(9)

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xoxo, your local Unix bestie 💋 this was the ata_scsi_remove_dev(9) entry from the Kernel API Manual, sourced from ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026 🎀🦋