megasas_mgmt_ioctl(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 megasas_mgmt_ioctl — char node ioctl entry point 🎀

okay so this is megasas_mgmt_ioctl(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's lowkey the whole vibe of the char node's ioctl entry point. bestie, it's giving "front door of the megaraid_sas driver" and honestly? iconic. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

megasas_mgmt_ioctl — char node ioctl entry point

like, that's it, that's the whole job description, and it ate. 💅

💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

long megasas_mgmt_ioctl (struct file *file , unsigned int cmd , unsigned long arg );

no cap, that's the exact signature — long in, three args, ship it. 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • file — char device file pointer. it's literally the file you're talking to, bestie, the char device link in the group chat. 📁
  • cmd — ioctl command. the thing that tells the driver what you want. main character energy, fr. ⭐
  • arg — ioctl command arguments address. the address where the actual arguments are hanging out, waiting to be read. 💌

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up: the Kernel file holding all of this, ./drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c — that's the source, go read it, it's a whole journey. 📖

and now the supporting cast, the entire friend group, no member left behind (all of these are (9) pages, iykyk):

like, that's the whole crew and they all showed up. not one flake. 🔥

and that's the page, bestie! 💜 this masterpiece lives in ./drivers/scsi/megaraid, stamped October 2026 — so when you cite it, cite it cute. slay, go read the source, mwah 🎀✨

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