ata_eh_quiet(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ata_eh_quiet 💅

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — this is ata_eh_quiet(9), and we're gonna get into it. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

  • ata_eh_quiet — check if we need to be quiet about a command error 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the whole signature is literally this, no cap:

bool ata_eh_quiet (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • qc — qc to check. that's the whole vibe. 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the tea is: you look at the qc flags and its scsi command request flags to determine if we need to be quiet about the command failure. basically it's a vibe check on whether this failure should be kept quiet, and honestly? iconic. 💅

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

if you're obsessed like me, here's the whole related squad from the kernel file ./drivers/ata/libata-eh.c:

bye bestie 🫶 source: ./drivers/ata • date: October 2026 • page: ata_eh_quiet(9) 💖

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