ata_scsiop_inq_b6(9)

💅 ata_scsiop_inq_b6 — aka the Zoned Block Device Characteristics page moment

ok so bestie, welcome to the ata_scsiop_inq_b6(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — yes we're in kernel-land today, grab a lil snack 🍓

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✨ NAME ✨

ata_scsiop_inq_b6 — Simulate INQUIRY VPD page B6, Zoned Block Device Characteristics 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

unsigned int ata_scsiop_inq_b6 (struct ata_device *dev , struct
scsi_cmnd *cmd , u8 *rbuf );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the target device, the main character of this whole operation 💖
• cmd — the SCSI command of interest, i.e. the one we're actually caring about rn
• rbuf — the response buffer! this is where all the simulated SCSI cmd output gets sent. it's giving output mailbox 📬

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

So what does it do? It returns data for the VPD page B2h (Zoned Block Device Characteristics). Slay, that's literally it ✨

LOCKING: spin_lock_irqsave(host lock) — yes bestie, it grabs the host lock, do not come for this function's concurrency safety 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖

• 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_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_remove_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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🧚 sign-off 🌈

and that's the whole page bestie, no cap 💜 this little beauty ships out of ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026, living under the Kernel API Manual umbrella as ata_scsiop_inq_b6(9) — periodt, go touch some grass now 🌸🫶