ata_bmdma_status(9)

💖 NAME 💖

ata_bmdma_status — read PCI IDE BMDMA status, periodt. This is the ata_bmdma_status(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and yes bestie, we're getting into it 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u8 ata_bmdma_status (struct ata_port *ap );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ap — the port associated with this ATA transaction. That's the one, bestie 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so this function reads the BMDMA status register and returns it. That's the whole main character moment: read it, return it, slay ✨

It may be used as the bmdma_status entry in ata_port_operations — like, that is literally its assigned seat at the table, no cap.

LOCKING: spin_lock_irqsave(host lock) — noted, bestie 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/ata/libata-sff.c has the whole crew, and they are all right here:

• 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_qc_prep(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_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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mwah 💖 — signed off from the ./drivers/ata corner, October 2026, and yes, this is still the ata_bmdma_status(9) page, iconic as ever 👑