'\" t .\" Title: scsi_prep_async_scan .\" Author: .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 .\" Date: June 2017 .\" Manual: SCSI mid layer .\" Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.11.3 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "SCSI_PREP_ASYNC_SCAN" "9" "June 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.11\&" "SCSI mid layer" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" scsi_prep_async_scan \- prepare for an async scan .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'struct\ async_scan_data\ *\ scsi_prep_async_scan('u .BI "struct async_scan_data * scsi_prep_async_scan(struct\ Scsi_Host\ *\ " "shost" ");" .SH "ARGUMENTS" .PP \fIstruct Scsi_Host * shost\fR .RS 4 the host which will be scanned .RE .SH "RETURN" .PP a cookie to be passed to \fBscsi_finish_async_scan\fR .PP Tells the midlayer this host is going to do an asynchronous scan\&. It reserves the host\*(Aqs position in the scanning list and ensures that other asynchronous scans started after this one won\*(Aqt affect the ordering of the discovered devices\&. .SH "AUTHORS" .PP \fBJames Bottomley\fR <\&James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com\&> .RS 4 Author. .RE .PP \fBRob Landley\fR <\&rob@landley.net\&> .RS 4 Author. .RE .SH "COPYRIGHT" .br