ata_cable_sata(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is ata_cable_sata(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and the name is literally this: ata_cable_sata — return SATA cable type. bestie, that’s the whole assignment. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ata_cable_sata (struct ata_port *ap );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ap — port. that’s it, that’s the argument, and yes the synopsis shows it as struct ata_port *ap. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

it’s a helper method for drivers which have SATA cables. no extra lore, no side quests — just that. ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so the SEE ALSO section is giving full squad energy, starting with the Kernel file ./drivers/ata/libata-core.c and then all these besties:

• 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_ignore(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)

mwah 💋 that’s the whole page, bestie. it lives in ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026, and it’s still ata_cable_sata(9) — now go slay your SATA cable type check. 🫶✨