qla2x00_sns_ga_nxt(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 qla2x00_sns_ga_nxt — bestie's guide to scanning the fabric ✨

okay so this is a Kernel API Manual page, section 9, and it's all about qla2x00_sns_ga_nxt — the SNS scan for fabric devices via the GA_NXT command. yes that's a lot of letters, we'll get through it together 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int qla2x00_sns_ga_nxt (scsi_qla_host_t *vha , fc_port_t *fcport );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one function, two pointers, and it hands you back an int. 💖

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • vha — the HA context. your host adapter's whole personality, basically. main character energy for the HBA 🌟
  • fcport — the fcport entry that's getting updated. it goes in, it comes back fresher. glow-up arc fr fr 💫

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does it do? it scans for fabric devices using the GA_NXT command, and ngl it's kind of old-school — this command uses the old Execute SNS Command mailbox routine. vintage. iconic. slightly retro but we respect it 👑

it returns 0 on success. that's the whole return contract, no cap. ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the friend group. the whole squad. every single one of them, no skips:

and also, kernel file check 💅 — this lives over in ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c, so if you're going looking, that's where the source is at. iykyk 🧚

💜 reminder bestie: 0 on success. that's the only return value the page promises, so don't go inventing others.

okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — sourced from ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx, dated October 2026. go forth and scan that fabric, you absolute legend 🌈👑

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