sas_phy_add(9)

🌸 sas_phy_add(9) 🌸

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual bestie, today we're learning about sas_phy_add 💅 this one's short and sweet, so like, hydrate and let's go ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

sas_phy_add — add a SAS PHY to the device hierarchy 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int sas_phy_add (struct sas_phy *phy );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• phy — the PHY that's getting added 👑 like, this is the actual star of the show, the one you're publishing to everybody else

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so what does it do? it publishes a SAS PHY to the rest of the system 🌈 that's it, that's the whole vibe. it's literally introducing your PHY to the entire kernel social circle and going "hey everyone, meet phy" 🫶

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole fam is in on this one, no cap:

• kernel file ./drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c
• sas_remove_children(9)
• sas_remove_host(9)
• sas_get_address(9)
• sas_tlr_supported(9)
• sas_disable_tlr(9)
• sas_enable_tlr(9)
• sas_ata_ncq_prio_supported(9)
• sas_phy_alloc(9)
• sas_phy_free(9)
• sas_phy_delete(9)
• scsi_is_sas_phy(9)
• sas_port_alloc(9)
• sas_port_alloc_num(9)
• sas_port_add(9)
• sas_port_free(9)
• sas_port_delete(9)
• scsi_is_sas_port(9)
• sas_port_get_phy(9)
• sas_port_add_phy(9)
• sas_port_delete_phy(9)
• sas_rphy_initialize(9)
• sas_end_device_alloc(9)
• sas_expander_alloc(9)
• sas_rphy_add(9)
• sas_rphy_free(9)
• sas_rphy_delete(9)
• sas_rphy_unlink(9)
• sas_rphy_remove(9)
• scsi_is_sas_rphy(9)
• sas_attach_transport(9)
• sas_release_transport(9)

like, literally the entire friend group 😭 go read them too, they're all icons 🧚

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