ata_bmdma_qc_prep(9)

💅 ata_bmdma_qc_prep(9) — Kernel API Manual bestie era 💅

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for ata_bmdma_qc_prep(9), bestie 💖. this is the taskfile-prep girlie, and we’re gonna read it together, no cap. ✨

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🎀 NAME

ata_bmdma_qc_prep — Prepare taskfile for submission ✨

that’s literally the name and the whole assignment. slay. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS

the signature is giving:

enum ata_completion_errors ata_bmdma_qc_prep (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc
);

🦋 ARGUMENTS

• qc — metadata associated with taskfile to be prepared 🎀

🌸 DESCRIPTION

okay so the job here is Prepare ATA taskfile for submission. 💖 that’s the description, direct and cute.

LOCKING: spin_lock_irqsave(host lock) 🔒 — yes bestie, that’s the locking note, literally. not me pretending I’d forget it. 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO

the reference list is huge and iconic, and every single one is invited to the group chat 🫶 — no skips, no gatekeeping:

• Kernel file: ./drivers/ata/libata-sff.c 📁
• ata_sff_check_status(9), ata_sff_altstatus(9), ata_sff_irq_status(9), ata_sff_sync(9), ata_sff_pause(9), ata_sff_dma_pause(9), ata_sff_wait_ready(9), ata_sff_set_devctl(9)
• ata_sff_dev_select(9), ata_dev_select(9), ata_sff_irq_on(9), ata_sff_tf_load(9), ata_sff_tf_read(9), ata_sff_exec_command(9), ata_tf_to_host(9), ata_sff_data_xfer(9)
• ata_sff_data_xfer32(9), ata_pio_sector(9), ata_pio_sectors(9), atapi_send_cdb(9), __atapi_pio_bytes(9), atapi_pio_bytes(9), ata_hsm_ok_in_wq(9), ata_hsm_qc_complete(9)
• ata_sff_hsm_move(9), ata_sff_qc_issue(9), ata_sff_qc_fill_rtf(9), ata_sff_port_intr(9), ata_sff_interrupt(9), ata_sff_lost_interrupt(9), ata_sff_freeze(9), ata_sff_thaw(9)
• ata_sff_prereset(9), ata_devchk(9), ata_sff_dev_classify(9), ata_sff_wait_after_reset(9), ata_sff_softreset(9), sata_sff_hardreset(9), ata_sff_postreset(9), ata_sff_drain_fifo(9)
• ata_sff_error_handler(9), ata_sff_std_ports(9), ata_pci_sff_init_host(9), ata_pci_sff_prepare_host(9), ata_pci_sff_activate_host(9), ata_pci_sff_init_one(9), ata_bmdma_fill_sg(9), ata_bmdma_fill_sg_dumb(9)
• ata_bmdma_dumb_qc_prep(9), ata_bmdma_qc_issue(9), ata_bmdma_port_intr(9), ata_bmdma_interrupt(9), ata_bmdma_error_handler(9), ata_bmdma_post_internal_cmd(9), ata_bmdma_irq_clear(9), ata_bmdma_setup(9)
• ata_bmdma_start(9), ata_bmdma_stop(9), ata_bmdma_status(9), ata_bmdma_port_start(9), ata_bmdma_port_start32(9), ata_pci_bmdma_clear_simplex(9), ata_pci_bmdma_init(9), ata_pci_bmdma_prepare_host(9)
• ata_pci_bmdma_init_one(9), ata_sff_port_init(9)

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okay that’s the whole page, bestie 🫶💖 — sourced from ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026 (that’s the source/version + date combo from the footer), mwah 💋✨