amd_cable_detect(9)

💅 amd_cable_detect(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to amd_cable_detect — that's a section 9 kernel API manual, mmkay? this is the whole vibe: it literally just reports cable type and dips. tiny function, main character energy, no notes 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int amd_cable_detect (struct ata_port *ap );

yep that's it. that's the whole signature. look at it go 🦋

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• ap — the port. that's it, that's the argument. it's a port. give it a port, get a cable type back, we love a straightforward queen 💖

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea: AMD controller/BIOS setups record the cable type in word 0x42 👀 that's literally the whole thing — the cable type lives in word 0x42, and this function is the one that goes and reports it back to you. no cap, that's the entire plot 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/ata/pata_amd.c — like, the whole file, bestie, go read it 📖
• timing_setup(9)
• amd_pre_reset(9)
• amd_fifo_setup(9)
• amd33_set_piomode(9)
• amd33_set_dmamode(9)
• nv_pre_reset(9)
• nv100_set_piomode(9)
• nv100_set_dmamode(9)

the whole friend group fr fr 💜

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this lil icon is chillin' out of ./drivers/ata and it's dated October 2026, so like… mark your calendars, periodt ⭐🧚‍♀️