ata_scsi_simulate(9)

okay bestie, welcome to ata_scsi_simulate(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖 this is the page where a SCSI command gets simulated on an ATA device, and yes it’s giving very “kernel internals but make it iconic” energy ✨

💖 NAME 💖

ata_scsi_simulate — simulate a SCSI command on an ATA device 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ata_scsi_simulate (struct ata_device *dev , struct scsi_cmnd *cmd
);

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the target device, aka the device we’re aiming at 👑
• cmd — the SCSI command being sent to the device, literally the command in question 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here’s the vibe: this function interprets and directly executes a select list of SCSI commands that can be handled internally. no cap, that’s the whole little mission statement 🫶

🔒 LOCKING 🔒

the locking note is: spin_lock_irqsave(host lock) 🔥 keep that locked and loaded, bestie.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go off and read these referenced besties if you’re spiraling down the kernel rabbit hole 🧚✨

• Kernel file: ./drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
• 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_queuecmd(9)
• ata_scsi_offline_dev(9)
• ata_scsi_remove_dev(9)
• ata_scsi_media_change_notify(9)
• ata_scsi_hotplug(9)
• ata_scsi_user_scan(9)
• ata_scsi_dev_rescan(9)

🎀 cute little footer vibe: source/version is ./drivers/ata, and the date is October 2026. mwah 💋