ata_port_desc(9)

🦋 NAME 🦋

okay bestie, this is ata_port_desc from the Kernel API Manual — and the whole vibe is literally right there in the name: ata_port_desc — append port description 💖

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

void ata_port_desc (struct ata_port *ap , const char *fmt , ... );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ap — target ATA port 👑
• fmt — printf format string ✨
• ... — variable arguments 💅

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the tea: it formats the string according to fmt and appends it to the port description. if the port description isn't empty, a literal " " gets added in-between — yes, a space, no cap 🫶. This function is meant to be used while initializing ata_host. The description is printed on host registration. 📝

LOCKING: None. 🚫🔒

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

over in the kernel file ./drivers/ata/libata-eh.c, bestie, you'll also wanna peek at these — they're all part of the same lore:

• __ata_ehi_push_desc(9)
• ata_ehi_push_desc(9)
• ata_ehi_clear_desc(9)
• ata_port_pbar_desc(9)
• ata_internal_cmd_timeout(9)
• ata_internal_cmd_timed_out(9)
• ata_eh_acquire(9)
• ata_eh_release(9)
• ata_scsi_error(9)
• ata_scsi_cmd_error_handler(9)
• ata_scsi_port_error_handler(9)
• ata_port_wait_eh(9)
• ata_eh_set_pending(9)
• ata_qc_schedule_eh(9)
• ata_std_sched_eh(9)
• ata_std_end_eh(9)
• ata_port_schedule_eh(9)
• ata_link_abort(9)
• ata_port_abort(9)
• __ata_port_freeze(9)
• ata_port_freeze(9)
• ata_eh_freeze_port(9)
• ata_eh_thaw_port(9)
• ata_eh_qc_complete(9)
• ata_eh_qc_retry(9)
• ata_dev_disable(9)
• ata_eh_detach_dev(9)
• ata_eh_about_to_do(9)
• ata_eh_done(9)
• ata_err_string(9)
• atapi_eh_tur(9)
• ata_eh_decide_disposition(9)
• ata_eh_request_sense(9)
• atapi_eh_request_sense(9)
• ata_eh_analyze_serror(9)
• ata_eh_analyze_tf(9)
• ata_eh_speed_down_verdict(9)
• ata_eh_speed_down(9)
• ata_eh_worth_retry(9)
• ata_eh_quiet(9)
• ata_eh_link_set_lpm(9)
• ata_eh_link_autopsy(9)
• ata_eh_autopsy(9)
• ata_get_cmd_name(9)
• ata_eh_link_report(9)
• ata_eh_report(9)
• ata_eh_set_mode(9)
• atapi_eh_clear_ua(9)
• ata_eh_maybe_retry_flush(9)
• ata_eh_recover(9)
• ata_eh_finish(9)
• ata_std_error_handler(9)
• ata_eh_handle_port_suspend(9)
• ata_eh_handle_port_resume(9)

and that's the whole page, bestie! 🌟 it comes from ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026, and the manual entry is ata_port_desc(9) — now go slay that port description, periodt 💅💖