ata_port_classify(9)

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💖 NAME 💖

ata_port_classify — determine device type based on ATA-spec signature

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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unsigned int ata_port_classify (struct ata_port *ap , const struct ata_taskfile *tf );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ap — ATA port device on which the classification should be run
• tf — ATA taskfile register set for device to be identified

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

it's literally a wrapper around ata_dev_classify to provide additional logging. that's the whole vibe 💅

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

it returns the device type: ATA_DEV_ATA, ATA_DEV_ATAPI, ATA_DEV_PMP, ATA_DEV_ZAC, or ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN in the event of failure 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

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

• ata_is_port(9)
• ata_tport_delete(9)
• ata_is_ata_dev(9)
• ata_tdev_free(9)
• ata_tdev_delete(9)
• ata_tdev_add(9)
• ata_is_link(9)
• ata_tlink_delete(9)
• ata_tlink_add(9)

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