qla2x00_ga_nxt(9)

💅 qla2x00_ga_nxt — kernel API manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so you're in the kernel API manual section 9, and today's main character is qla2x00_ga_nxt ✨ like, that's the whole vibe of this page.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

qla2x00_ga_nxt — SNS scan for fabric devices via GA_NXT command.

literally what it says on the tin: it's the SNS (Simple Name Server, iykyk) scan for fabric devices, and it does it through the GA_NXT command. slay. 💜

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int qla2x00_ga_nxt (scsi_qla_host_t *vha , fc_port_t *fcport );

that's the whole signature bestie, take it in. two pointers in, an int out. no cap. ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vha — HA context. the home base, the mothership, the main character energy of the host adapter. 👑
• fcport — fcport entry to updated. yes, "to updated" — that's the original wording, and honestly? iconic. it's the fcport entry that gets updated. 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns 0 on success. that's it. that's the description. short, sweet, and absolutely not giving a whole paragraph. 💀 honestly? obsessed. it does the GA_NXT scan thing from the NAME section, and when it goes well you get a 0. the way that's all the docs we get 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie, the cross-reference list is long and we are respecting every single entry, so buckle up. 🧚 first up, the kernel file:

./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c

and then, in order, because we do not skip:

• qla2x00_prep_ms_iocb(9)
• qla24xx_prep_ms_iocb(9)
• qla2x00_prep_ct_req(9)
• qla2x00_gid_pt(9)
• qla2x00_gpn_id(9)
• qla2x00_gnn_id(9)
• qla2x00_rft_id(9)
• qla2x00_rff_id(9)
• qla2x00_rnn_id(9)
• qla2x00_rsnn_nn(9)
• qla2x00_prep_sns_cmd(9)
• qla2x00_sns_ga_nxt(9)
• qla2x00_sns_gid_pt(9)
• qla2x00_sns_gpn_id(9)
• qla2x00_sns_gnn_id(9)
• qla2x00_sns_rft_id(9)
• qla2x00_sns_rnn_id(9)
• qla2x00_mgmt_svr_login(9)
• qla2x00_prep_ms_fdmi_iocb(9)
• qla24xx_prep_ms_fdmi_iocb(9)
• qla2x00_prep_ct_fdmi_req(9)
• qla2x00_hba_attributes(9)
• qla2x00_port_attributes(9)
• qla2x00_fdmi_rhba(9)
• qla2x00_fdmi_rprt(9)
• qla2x00_fdmi_rpa(9)
• qla2x00_fdmi_register(9)
• qla2x00_gfpn_id(9)
• qla2x00_gff_id(9)

that's twenty-nine references, no skips, no merges, no invented extras. the friend group is huge and every one of them made the list. 🫶💅

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ngl bestie, this one's a short read — a signature, two args, 0 on success, and a truly enormous friend group in SEE ALSO. but we ate. no notes. 🍓

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and finally, the cute sign-off 💖: this page lives with ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx, dated October 2026, and it's the qla2x00_ga_nxt(9) manual page — that's a wrap, periodt. ✨🎀💜