SCSI_NORMALIZE_SENSE

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Updated: 09 October 2005
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NAME

scsi_normalize_sense - normalize main elements from either fixed or

"SYNOPSIS"

int scsi_normalize_sense (const u8 * sense_buffer, int sb_len, struct scsi_sense_hdr * sshdr);

sense_buffer: byte array containing sense data returned by device
sb_len: number of valid bytes in sense_buffer
sshdr: pointer to instance of structure that common elements are written to.

descriptor sense data format into a common format.

The ``main elements'' from sense data are: response_code, sense_key, asc, ascq and additional_length (only for descriptor format).

Typically this function can be called after a device has responded to a SCSI command with the CHECK_CONDITION status.

1 if valid sense data information found, else 0;

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