qla2x00_get_cmd_direction(9)

🦋 qla2x00_get_cmd_direction 🦋

okay so this one's from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and honestly bestie it's a tiny little icon that does one job and does it flawlessly 💅 welcome to the group chat.

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✨ NAME ✨

qla2x00_get_cmd_direction — figures out the control_flag data direction, no cap 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

uint16_t qla2x00_get_cmd_direction (srb_t *sp );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one argument, one uint16_t coming back at you 🫶

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⭐ ARGUMENTS ⭐

• sp — the SCSI command 🦋 (yes that's literally the whole description, she's lowkey mysterious like that)

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what does she actually do? she takes a look at the CDB and hands you back the correct CF_* direction. that's the assignment, and she ate 🔥

like — proper direction flag, based on the CDB, returned to you. no drama, no side quests, main character energy only 👑

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the kernel file you wanna peek at is ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c — and here's the whole friend group, fr fr:

• qla2x00_calc_iocbs_32(9)
• qla2x00_calc_iocbs_64(9)
• qla2x00_prep_cont_type0_iocb(9)
• qla2x00_prep_cont_type1_iocb(9)
• qla2x00_build_scsi_iocbs_64(9)
• qla2x00_start_scsi(9)
• qla2x00_start_iocbs(9)
• __qla2x00_marker(9)
• qla24xx_build_scsi_iocbs(9)
• qla24xx_build_scsi_crc_2_iocbs(9)
• qla24xx_start_scsi(9)
• qla24xx_dif_start_scsi(9)
• qla2xxx_start_scsi_mq(9)
• qla2xxx_dif_start_scsi_mq(9)
• qla_start_scsi_type6(9)
• qla2900_prep_cont_type1_iocb(9)
• qla29xx_build_scsi_type_6_iocbs(9)
• qla29xx_build_scsi_iocbs(9)
• qla29xx_build_scsi_crc_2_iocbs(9)
• qla29xx_copy_dif_iocb_data(9)

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ngl this page is short and sweet and that's her prerogative 💀 don't come for her.

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okay bye bestie, this was brought to you by ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx, dated October 2026, from the Kernel API Manual — stay slaying, mwah 💖✨🎀