ENUM SCI_STATUS(9)

💅 enum sci_status(9) 💅

okay SO. hi bestie 💖 welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for enum sci_status(9) — it's giving "one enum to rule them all" and I'm obsessed. grab a strawberry 🍓 and let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

enum sci_status — this is the general return status enumeration for non-IO, non-task management related SCI interface methods. periodt. that's the whole vibe. 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the whole squad, in order, no cap:

enum sci_status {
    SCI_SUCCESS ,
    SCI_SUCCESS_IO_COMPLETE_BEFORE_START ,
    SCI_SUCCESS_IO_DONE_EARLY ,
    SCI_WARNING_ALREADY_IN_STATE ,
    SCI_WARNING_TIMER_CONFLICT ,
    SCI_WARNING_SEQUENCE_INCOMPLETE ,
    SCI_FAILURE ,
    SCI_FATAL_ERROR ,
    SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_STATE ,
    SCI_FAILURE_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES ,
    SCI_FAILURE_CONTROLLER_NOT_FOUND ,
    SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_CONTROLLER_TYPE ,
    SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_INIT_DATA_VERSION ,
    SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_PORT_CONFIGURATION ,
    SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL ,
    SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_INFORMATION_TYPE ,
    SCI_FAILURE_DEVICE_EXISTS ,
    SCI_FAILURE_ADDING_PHY_UNSUPPORTED ,
    SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_INFORMATION_FIELD ,
    SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_TIME_LIMIT ,
    SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_PHY ,
    SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_PORT ,
    SCI_FAILURE_RESET_PORT_PARTIAL_SUCCESS ,
    SCI_FAILURE_RESET_PORT_FAILURE ,
    SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_REMOTE_DEVICE ,
    SCI_FAILURE_REMOTE_DEVICE_RESET_REQUIRED ,
    SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_IO_TAG ,
    SCI_FAILURE_IO_RESPONSE_VALID ,
    SCI_FAILURE_CONTROLLER_SPECIFIC_IO_ERR ,
    SCI_FAILURE_IO_TERMINATED ,
    SCI_FAILURE_IO_REQUIRES_SCSI_ABORT ,
    SCI_FAILURE_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND ,
    SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_ASSOCIATION ,
    SCI_FAILURE_TIMEOUT ,
    SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE ,
    SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_MESSAGE_COUNT ,
    SCI_FAILURE_NO_NCQ_TAG_AVAILABLE ,
    SCI_FAILURE_PROTOCOL_VIOLATION ,
    SCI_FAILURE_RETRY_REQUIRED ,
    SCI_FAILURE_RETRY_LIMIT_REACHED ,
    SCI_FAILURE_RESET_DEVICE_PARTIAL_SUCCESS ,
    SCI_FAILURE_ILLEGAL_ROUTING_ATTRIBUTE_CONFIGURATION ,
    SCI_FAILURE_EXCEED_MAX_ROUTE_INDEX ,
    SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_PCI_DEVICE_ID

};

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🎀 Constants 🎀

okay so this is the part where I have to be honest with you bestie 😭 — the source doc gives zero descriptions for any of these. every single one is literally -- undescribed --. I know. tragic. but I'm not gonna lie to you and invent lore, so here's the full list, every name intact, exactly as undescribed as the original left them 💀

• SCI_SUCCESS — -- undescribed --
• SCI_SUCCESS_IO_COMPLETE_BEFORE_START — -- undescribed --
• SCI_SUCCESS_IO_DONE_EARLY — -- undescribed --
• SCI_WARNING_ALREADY_IN_STATE — -- undescribed --
• SCI_WARNING_TIMER_CONFLICT — -- undescribed --
• SCI_WARNING_SEQUENCE_INCOMPLETE — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FATAL_ERROR — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_STATE — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_CONTROLLER_NOT_FOUND — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_CONTROLLER_TYPE — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_INIT_DATA_VERSION — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_PORT_CONFIGURATION — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_INFORMATION_TYPE — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_DEVICE_EXISTS — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_ADDING_PHY_UNSUPPORTED — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_INFORMATION_FIELD — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_TIME_LIMIT — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_PHY — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_PORT — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_RESET_PORT_PARTIAL_SUCCESS — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_RESET_PORT_FAILURE — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_REMOTE_DEVICE — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_REMOTE_DEVICE_RESET_REQUIRED — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_IO_TAG — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_IO_RESPONSE_VALID — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_CONTROLLER_SPECIFIC_IO_ERR — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_IO_TERMINATED — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_IO_REQUIRES_SCSI_ABORT — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_ASSOCIATION — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_TIMEOUT — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_MESSAGE_COUNT — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_NO_NCQ_TAG_AVAILABLE — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_PROTOCOL_VIOLATION — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_RETRY_REQUIRED — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_RETRY_LIMIT_REACHED — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_RESET_DEVICE_PARTIAL_SUCCESS — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_ILLEGAL_ROUTING_ATTRIBUTE_CONFIGURATION — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_EXCEED_MAX_ROUTE_INDEX — -- undescribed --
• SCI_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_PCI_DEVICE_ID — -- undescribed --

quick vibe check 🧚: SCI_FAILURE_ILLEGAL_ROUTING_ATTRIBUTE_CONFIGURATION is the main character of long enum names and I will not be taking questions 💅

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these next, bestie, they're the supporting cast 👑

• the Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/isci/isci.h
• enum sci_io_status(9)
• enum sci_task_status(9)
• sci_swab32_cpy(9)

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and that's the whole page, no notes 🌈 this little gem lives under ./drivers/scsi/isci and it's dated October 2026 — so screenshot it, cite it, love it. mwah 💋 ✨👑