ata_acpi_gtm_xfermask(9)

💅 ata_acpi_gtm_xfermask — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to ata_acpi_gtm_xfermask(9) 💖 this is a lil kernel API page and honestly? it's giving "small but mighty." we're doing one (1) job here and we're doing it slayfully. let's get into it 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ata_acpi_gtm_xfermask — figure out the xfermode from a GTM parameter, periodt ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

unsigned int ata_acpi_gtm_xfermask (struct ata_device *dev , const
       struct ata_acpi_gtm *gtm );

like, look at that signature. so clean. so iconic. 👑

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• dev — the target device 💻 this is the one we're doing all this for, main character energy fr fr
• gtm — the GTM parameter to use 🧚 that's the input we're working from, no cap

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so the whole vibe: we determine the xfermask for dev from gtm. that's it. that's the function. 🫶

LOCKING: None. 😌 none!! zero!! not a single lock to be found!! lowkey the most relaxed function in the whole ATA subsystem 💀

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns the determined xfermask, aka the whole point of the operation 💖

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

bestie the cross-references are extensive and honestly kind of a flex. we got:

• Kernel file ./drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c 📁
• ata_dev_acpi_handle(9)
• ata_acpi_handle_hotplug(9)
• ata_acpi_dev_manage_restart(9)
• ata_acpi_port_power_on(9)
• ata_acpi_dissociate(9)
• ata_acpi_gtm(9)
• ata_acpi_stm(9)
• ata_dev_get_GTF(9)
• ata_acpi_cbl_pata_type(9)
• ata_acpi_run_tf(9)
• ata_acpi_exec_tfs(9)
• ata_acpi_push_id(9)
• ata_acpi_on_resume(9)
• ata_acpi_set_state(9)
• ata_acpi_on_devcfg(9)
• ata_acpi_on_disable(9)

like... the whole friend group showed up for this one 😭💕

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ngl if you need the xfermask and you've already got a GTM parameter sitting there, this is literally the function for you. no locking required, we stay unbothered 💅

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and that's the page!! 🍓 sign-off time: this one lives over in ./drivers/ata, and the version vibes are dated October 2026 🌸 catch you in the next (9) page, bestie, mwah 🫶✨💖