scsi_try_bus_reset(9)
π scsi_try_bus_reset β a Kernel API Manual moment β¨
okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for scsi_try_bus_reset(9) β yes that (9) means it's a kernel function, we're in the big leagues now π
πΈ NAME πΈ
scsi_try_bus_reset β literally just ask the host to perform a bus reset π¦
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
enum scsi_disposition scsi_try_bus_reset (struct scsi_cmnd *scmd );
π ARGUMENTS π
scmdβ the SCSI cmd you want to send the bus reset with. that's it, that's the whole argument π«Ά
π SEE ALSO π
bestie this list is long and it ate, so buckle in π β also it all lives in the kernel file ./drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c:
scsi_schedule_eh(9)scmd_eh_abort_handler(9)scsi_abort_command(9)scsi_eh_reset(9)scsi_eh_scmd_add(9)scsi_timeout(9)scsi_block_when_processing_errors(9)scsi_eh_prt_fail_stats(9)scsi_report_sense(9)scsi_check_sense(9)scsi_eh_completed_normally(9)scsi_eh_done(9)scsi_try_host_reset(9)scsi_try_target_reset(9)scsi_try_bus_device_reset(9)scsi_try_to_abort_cmd(9)scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(9)scsi_eh_restore_cmnd(9)scsi_send_eh_cmnd(9)scsi_request_sense(9)scsi_eh_finish_cmd(9)scsi_eh_get_sense(9)scsi_eh_tur(9)scsi_eh_test_devices(9)scsi_eh_try_stu(9)scsi_eh_bus_device_reset(9)scsi_eh_target_reset(9)scsi_eh_bus_reset(9)scsi_eh_host_reset(9)scsi_eh_offline_sdevs(9)scsi_noretry_cmd(9)scsi_decide_disposition(9)scsi_eh_lock_door(9)scsi_restart_operations(9)scsi_eh_ready_devs(9)scsi_eh_flush_done_q(9)scsi_unjam_host(9)scsi_error_handler(9)scsi_report_bus_reset(9)scsi_report_device_reset(9)scsi_ioctl_reset(9)scsi_get_sense_info_fld(9)
and that's the whole page, no cap π stay iconic, go reset a bus (politely, by asking the host) π
sign-off szn: this lil beauty comes from the source tree over in ./drivers/scsi, dated October 2026, and it's the scsi_try_bus_reset(9) page from the Kernel API Manual β mwah, take care of her ππ§
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
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