STRUCT SSAM_REQUEST_SPEC_MD(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so this is the struct ssam_request_spec_md(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and the official NAME vibe is: struct ssam_request_spec_md — Blue-print specification for multi-device SAM request. periodt.

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🛠️ SYNOPSIS 🛠️

bestie, here's the whole struct exactly as it is — no cap, no edits:

       struct ssam_request_spec_md {
           u8 target_category;
           u8 command_id;
           u8 flags;
        };

🌸 Members 🌸

• target_category — Category of the request's target. See enum ssam_ssh_tc.
• command_id — Command ID of the request.
• flags — Flags for the request. See enum ssam_request_flags.

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💅 Description 💅

okay so picture this: this struct is the Blue-print specification for a multi-device SAM request — meaning a request that is applicable to multiple device instances, described by their individual target and instance IDs. <sparkle>✨</sparkle>

This struct describes the unique static parameters of a request (i.e. type) without specifying any of its instance-specific data (e.g. payload) and without specifying any of its device specific IDs (i.e. target and instance ID). iykyk.

It is intended to be used as a base for defining simple multi-device request functions via the SSAM_DEFINE_SYNC_REQUEST_MD_x and SSAM_DEFINE_SYNC_REQUEST_CL_x families of macros. ate, honestly. 💅

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

the whole related friend group is right here, bestie:

• Kernel file ./include/linux/surface_aggregator/controller.h
• enum ssam_event_flags(9)
• struct ssam_event(9)
• enum ssam_request_flags(9)
• struct ssam_request(9)
• struct ssam_response(9)
• struct ssam_request_sync(9)
• ssam_request_sync_set_data(9)
• ssam_request_sync_set_resp(9)
• ssam_request_sync_wait(9)
• ssam_request_do_sync_onstack(9)
• __ssam_retry(9)
• ssam_retry(9)
• struct ssam_request_spec(9)
• SSAM_DEFINE_SYNC_REQUEST_N(9)
• SSAM_DEFINE_SYNC_REQUEST_W(9)
• SSAM_DEFINE_SYNC_REQUEST_R(9)
• SSAM_DEFINE_SYNC_REQUEST_WR(9)
• SSAM_DEFINE_SYNC_REQUEST_MD_N(9)
• SSAM_DEFINE_SYNC_REQUEST_MD_W(9)
• SSAM_DEFINE_SYNC_REQUEST_MD_R(9)
• SSAM_DEFINE_SYNC_REQUEST_MD_WR(9)
• enum ssam_notif_flags(9)
• struct ssam_notifier_block(9)
• ssam_notifier_from_errno(9)
• ssam_notifier_to_errno(9)
• struct ssam_event_registry(9)
• struct ssam_event_id(9)
• enum ssam_event_mask(9)
• SSAM_EVENT_REGISTRY(9)
• enum ssam_event_notifier_flags(9)
• struct ssam_event_notifier(9)
• ssam_notifier_unregister(9)

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mwah 💋 — source/version is ./include/linux/surface_aggreg..., date is October 2026, and struct ssam_request_spec_md(9) is signing off. 🫶🎀