STRUCT VIRTUAL_PHY(9)

💅 struct virtual_phy(9) — like, the whole vibe

Okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for struct virtual_phy 🦋 — yes, that's the 9 section, kernel API, we're doing big-kid kernel stuff today, so hydrate and pay attention ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct virtual_phy — it's the vSES phy structure, and honestly? She's little but she's doing a lot 💖

Here's the tea on her members, no cap:

• sas_address — the SAS Address of the vSES device 🔥
• phy_mask — the vSES device's phy number
• flags — flags used to manage this structure 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct virtual_phy {
    struct list_head list;
    u64 sas_address;
    u32 phy_mask;
    u8 flags;
 };

That's her. That's the whole struct. A list node to tie her into the group chat, a u64 for the SAS Address, a u32 for the phy number, and a tiny u8 for the flags — main character energy in four fields, periodt 💅

(Yes, the closing brace in the original really is spaced like that — we do not touch the source code, we respect the source code 🫶)

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🎀 Members 🎀

Heads up bestie: the original page has the Members heading with literally nothing under it. Empty. A whole heading and no content. She said "no thoughts, head empty" 😭 So there's nothing to tell you here — the member descriptions got folded into NAME above, and that's just how this page is, fr fr.

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Buckle up, this list is iconic and also extremely long — but I'm not skipping a single one, because every cross-reference deserves her moment ⭐

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h, plus:

• struct MPT3SAS_TARGET(9)
• struct MPT3SAS_DEVICE(9)
• struct _internal_cmd(9)
• struct _sas_device(9)
• pcie_device_get(9)
• pcie_device_free(9)
• pcie_device_put(9)
• struct _boot_device(9)
• struct _sas_port(9)
• struct _sas_phy(9)
• struct _sas_node(9)
• struct _enclosure_node(9)
• enum reset_type(9)
• struct pcie_sg_list(9)
• struct chain_tracker(9)
• struct scsiio_tracker(9)
• struct request_tracker(9)
• struct _tr_list(9)
• struct _sc_list(9)
• struct _event_ack_list(9)
• struct adapter_reply_queue(9)
• struct io_uring_poll_queue(9)
• struct hba_port(9)
• struct htb_rel_query(9)
• struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER(9)

Like… that's a whole friend group 😭🫶 go read them too, iykyk.

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💀 Real talk for one sec: everything above is exactly what the page says — the struct, the fields, the types, the header file path, and every single cross-reference. I added vibes, not facts. 🧚

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Okay that's the whole page, bestie — mwah 💖 This cutie comes to you from ./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas, dated October 2026, and she's filed under struct virtual_phy(9) in the Kernel API Manual. Slay, read responsibly, and go touch some kernel source ✨🎀