sa_sync_cmd(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 sa_sync_cmd(9) — like, the kernel API manual bestie

okay so welcome to sa_sync_cmd(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a little function from the aacraid driver fam and honestly? it's giving "send it and wait" energy. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

sa_sync_cmd — send a command and wait 💌

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int sa_sync_cmd (struct aac_dev *dev , u32 command , u32 p1 , u32 p2 ,
u32 p3 , u32 p4 , u32 p5 , u32 p6 , u32 *ret , u32 *r1 , u32 *r2 , u32
*r3 , u32 *r4 );

that's a lot of parameters, i know 😭 but we're gonna go through every single one, don't worry 💖

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • dev — the Adapter. like, the whole vibe, the device we're talking to 🦋
  • command — the Command to execute. the actual thing we wanna do ✨
  • p1 — first parameter
  • p2 — second parameter
  • p3 — third parameter
  • p4 — forth parameter (yes, the page literally says "forth", and honestly? iconic 💀 we keep it 💅)
  • p5 — fifth parameter
  • p6 — sixth parameter
  • ret — adapter status
  • r1 — first return value
  • r2 — second return value
  • r3 — third return value
  • r4 — forth return value (again with the "forth" 😭 no cap, keeping it exactly as written 💖)

so yeah — six params going in, four values coming back out, plus the status. slay 🌈

🌼 DESCRIPTION 🌼

This routine will send a synchronous command to the adapter and wait for its completion. 🕰️

that's it, that's the whole thing — you send the command, you stand there like 🧍 and you wait until it's done. synchronous queen behavior, no cap 👑

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/aacraid/sa.c — and the whole friend group 🫶

go read those too, they're literally all in the same file, iykyk 😌

and that's the page!! 💅 brought to you by ./drivers/scsi/aacraid in October 2026 — mwah, drink some water, and may all your commands complete synchronously 🍓✨🧚

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