qla2xxx_start_scsi_mq(9)

💅 qla2xxx_start_scsi_mq(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie

okay so this is qla2xxx_start_scsi_mq from section 9 of the Kernel API Manual, and it is literally the function that sends your SCSI command off to the ISP. main character energy fr fr 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

qla2xxx_start_scsi_mq — Send a SCSI command to the ISP 💌

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int qla2xxx_start_scsi_mq (srb_t *sp );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• sp — the command you're sending to the ISP. that's it, that's the whole argument, she's lowkey simple 🫶

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so basically: it returns non-zero if a failure occurred, and zero otherwise. that's the vibe check — zero means slay, non-zero means 😭 💀

ngl bestie, that's the entire description. no cap, the whole function is just: send it, then tell you if it worked. iconic behaviour honestly.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file lives right here, go look:

./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c

and here's the whole friend group, all of them in section 9, not a single one left out 💖

• qla2x00_get_cmd_direction(9)
• 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_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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okay that's the page!! it came from ./drivers/scsi/qla2xxx and it's dated October 2026 🍓 go forth and send your SCSI commands, bestie, you've got this 💜✨