ata_force_cbl(9)

💅 NAME 💅

ata_force_cbl — force cable type according to libata.force. Also bestie, this page is literally ata_force_cbl(9) from the Kernel API Manual, so we are absolutely in the right group chat. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay the signature is right here, character-for-character:

void ata_force_cbl (struct ata_port *ap );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ap — ATA port of interest. That's the port we're looking at, no cap.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So what does this icon do? It forces the cable type according to libata.force and then whines about it. 💀

The last entry that has a matching port number is the one that gets used, which means it can be specified as part of device force parameters. For example, both "a:40c,1.00:udma4" and "1.00:40c,udma4" have the same effect. periodt. ✨

🔒 LOCKING 🔒

LOCKING: EH context. That's the whole lock tea. 🫖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The kernel file ./drivers/ata/libata-core.c is the main character here, and the whole SEE ALSO squad is:

• ata_link_next(9), ata_dev_next(9), ata_dev_phys_link(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), 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)

That's the whole page, bestie. Cute little sign-off: source spot ./drivers/ata, date stamp October 2026, page ata_force_cbl(9). 💖✨🌈