ata_dump_id(9)

✨ ata_dump_id(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual but make it make sense ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the <pink>Kernel API Manual</pink> today and the star of the show is ata_dump_id(9) 💅 it's a tiny little debug helper and honestly? it's giving "under-appreciated icon". let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ata_dump_id — dumping out IDENTIFY DEVICE info for debugging purposes, no cap 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ata_dump_id (struct ata_device *dev , const u16 *id );

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• dev — the device we're pulling the info from, like the main character whose data we're snooping on 👀
• id — the IDENTIFY DEVICE page we're about to dump, so literally the whole page of vibes 🍓

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

So what it does is: dump selected 16-bit words from the given IDENTIFY DEVICE page. That's it. That's the whole thing. It's a debugging output situation, and ngl it's lowkey iconic for how straightforward it is 💀

LOCKING: caller. meaning you, bestie, you're responsible for the locking — it's not gonna hold your hand on this one 🙈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this list is LONG long, so buckle up — the kernel file lives at ./drivers/ata/libata-core.c and here's the whole friend group 👑

• 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_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), 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)

like I said. the whole friend group. periodt 💅

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ok that's the whole page bestie, go forth and dump those 16-bit words responsibly 🧚‍♀️

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and that's a wrap!! this cutie came out of ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026 — slay, bye 💖✨🌈