scsi_inq_str(9)

💅 scsi_inq_str — NAME

ok so picture this: scsi_inq_str is the little function that prints INQUIRY data from min to max index, and strips the trailing whitespace bestie. it's giving tidy-up icon energy ✨ (this one lives in the Kernel API Manual, fyi 🫶)

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

unsigned char * scsi_inq_str (unsigned char *buf , unsigned char *inq ,
                              unsigned first , unsigned end );

like, that's the whole vibe. four args, returns a unsigned char *. slay 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

okay let's meet the cast 🙈

• buf — your output buffer, and it needs at least end-first+1 bytes of space. no cap, size it right or it's gonna be a whole situation 😭
• inq — the Inquiry buffer (input). this is where the data's coming from 🦋
• first — the offset of the string into inq. like where we start, bestie 📍
• end — the index after the last character in inq. yes, after — it's that kind of party 🎉

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

if you're obsessed (and you should be), go read the kernel file ./drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c — it's the main character of this whole story 👑

and then there's the extended universe, fr fr:

• scsi_complete_async_scans(9)
• scsi_unlock_floptical(9)
• scsi_alloc_sdev(9)
• scsi_target_reap_ref_release(9)
• scsi_alloc_target(9)
• scsi_target_reap(9)
• scsi_sanitize_inquiry_string(9)
• scsi_probe_lun(9)
• scsi_add_lun(9)
• scsi_probe_and_add_lun(9)
• scsi_sequential_lun_scan(9)
• scsi_report_lun_scan(9)
• scsi_add_device(9)
• scsi_scan_target(9)
• scsi_prep_async_scan(9)
• scsi_finish_async_scan(9)
• scsi_scan_host(9)
• scsi_get_pseudo_sdev(9)

eighteen icons. read them all. iykyk 💜

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ngl this whole page came straight outta ./drivers/scsi, dated October 2026 — so when you cite me, cite the source, periodt 🌸

ok bye bestie, go strip some whitespace, you're gonna ate 💖🧚⭐