qla2x00_erase_flash_sector(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to qla2x00_erase_flash_sector(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this whole page is about erasing a flash sector, and it’s lowkey iconic 💅✨

💖 NAME 💖

qla2x00_erase_flash_sector — Erase a flash sector. That’s the name, that’s the assignment, periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so the function signature is giving exactly this:

int qla2x00_erase_flash_sector (struct qla_hw_data *ha , uint32_t addr ,
uint32_t sec_mask , uint8_t man_id , uint8_t flash_id );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ha — HA context. the main-character context you’re passing in 🫶
• addr — Flash sector to erase. pick your target, bestie ✨
• sec_mask — Sector address mask. the mask doing the sector-address thing 💅
• man_id — Flash manufacturer ID. who made the flash, ID-card style 🪪
• flash_id — Flash ID. its little flash ID moment 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Returns 0 on success, else non-zero. No cap, that’s literally the whole description: success gets the 0, and anything else is non-zero. slay.

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

Kernel file: ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_sup.c

and here’s the whole related-function group chat, all accounted for:

• qla29xx_get_flt_layout(9)
• qla29xx_get_fdt_info(9)
• qla29xx_get_flash_region(9)
• set_segment_bits(9)
• set_chunk_bits(9)
• qla29xx_write_optrom_data(9)
• qla29xx_read_optrom_data(9)
• qla29xx_mpi_optrom_data(9)
• qla2x00_lock_nvram_access(9)
• qla2x00_unlock_nvram_access(9)
• qla2x00_nv_write(9)
• qla2x00_nvram_request(9)
• qla2x00_get_nvram_word(9)
• qla2x00_nv_deselect(9)
• qla2x00_write_nvram_word(9)
• qla2x00_clear_nvram_protection(9)
• qla2x00_flash_enable(9)
• qla2x00_flash_disable(9)
• qla2x00_read_flash_byte(9)
• qla2x00_write_flash_byte(9)
• qla2x00_poll_flash(9)
• qla2x00_program_flash_address(9)
• qla2x00_erase_flash(9)
• qla2x00_get_flash_manufacturer(9)
• qla2x00_get_fcode_version(9)

xoxo, bestie 💖 source/version energy comes from ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx and the date is October 2026 — bye byeee, go erase that sector responsibly 👑🌈