ata_cable_ignore(9)

💅 ata_cable_ignore(9) 💅

okay bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual and this one is short but iconic. No cap, it's giving "tiny helper, big main character energy" ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ata_cable_ignore — return ignored PATA cable.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int ata_cable_ignore (struct ata_port *ap );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ap — port. that's the whole argument, bestie 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So this is a helper method for drivers which don't use cable type to limit transfer mode. That's literally the assignment: if your driver is not out here using cable type to limit transfer mode, this helper method is the one. periodt 💅

It's lowkey just that, no extra drama. The NAME already told you it's return ignored PATA cable, and the synopsis says it returns int. slay ✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./drivers/ata/libata-core.c

and the whole friend group is here, no cap:

ata_link_next(9),
ata_dev_next(9),
ata_dev_phys_link(9),
ata_force_cbl(9),
ata_force_pflags(9),
ata_force_link_limits(9),
ata_force_xfermask(9),
ata_force_quirks(9),
atapi_cmd_type(9),
ata_set_rwcmd_protocol(9),
ata_tf_read_block(9),
ata_build_rw_tf(9),
ata_pack_xfermask(9),
ata_unpack_xfermask(9),
ata_xfer_mask2mode(9),
ata_xfer_mode2mask(9),
ata_xfer_mode2shift(9),
ata_mode_string(9),
ata_dev_classify(9),
ata_id_string(9),
ata_id_c_string(9),
ata_read_native_max_address(9),
ata_set_max_sectors(9),
ata_hpa_resize(9),
ata_dump_id(9),
ata_id_xfermask(9),
ata_exec_internal(9),
ata_pio_need_iordy(9),
ata_pio_mask_no_iordy(9),
ata_do_dev_read_id(9),
ata_dev_read_id(9),
ata_dev_power_set_standby(9),
ata_dev_power_set_active(9),
ata_read_log_page(9),
ata_dev_configure(9),
ata_cable_40wire(9),
ata_cable_80wire(9),
ata_cable_unknown(9),
ata_cable_sata(9),
sata_print_link_status(9),
ata_dev_pair(9),
ata_timing_cycle2mode(9),
ata_down_xfermask_limit(9),
ata_set_mode(9),
ata_wait_ready(9),
ata_wait_after_reset(9),
ata_std_prereset(9),
ata_std_postreset(9),
ata_dev_same_device(9),
ata_dev_reread_id(9),
ata_dev_revalidate(9),
ata_is_40wire(9),
cable_is_40wire(9),
ata_dev_xfermask(9),
ata_dev_set_xfermode(9),
ata_dev_set_feature(9),
ata_dev_init_params(9),
atapi_check_dma(9),
ata_std_qc_defer(9),
ata_sg_init(9),
ata_sg_clean(9),
ata_sg_setup(9),
swap_buf_le16(9),
ata_qc_free(9),
ata_qc_complete(9),
ata_qc_get_active(9),
ata_qc_issue(9),
ata_phys_link_online(9),
ata_phys_link_offline(9),
ata_link_online(9),
ata_link_offline(9),
ata_host_suspend(9),
ata_host_resume(9),
ata_dev_init(9),
ata_link_init(9),
sata_link_init_spd(9),
ata_port_alloc(9),
ata_host_alloc(9),
ata_host_alloc_pinfo(9),
ata_finalize_port_ops(9),
ata_host_start(9),
ata_host_init(9),
ata_host_register(9),
ata_host_activate(9),
ata_dev_free_resources(9),
ata_port_detach(9),
ata_host_detach(9),
ata_pci_remove_one(9),
ata_platform_remove_one(9),
ata_msleep(9),
ata_wait_register(9)

okay bye bestie, source sign-off time: this page is from ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026, and it's literally ata_cable_ignore(9) — mwah 💋🎀