ata_sff_dma_pause(9)

🎀 ata_sff_dma_pause(9) 🎀

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for ata_sff_dma_pause(9), and she is lowkey a tiny function with main-character energy. bestie, let’s get into it 💅✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

• ata_sff_dma_pause — Pause before commencing DMA. that’s the whole vibe. no cap.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ata_sff_dma_pause (struct ata_port *ap );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ap — the Port to pause for. that’s it. that’s the argument. she’s not complicated, she’s just doing her job 🫶

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so what does she actually do? she Perform I/O fencing and makes sure there are sufficient cycle delays for the HDMA1:0 transition. literally that’s the assignment, and she ate 🔥

no extra lore, bestie — that’s the whole description from the page. iykyk 💖

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

first up, the kernel file is literally right here: ./drivers/ata/libata-sff.c ✨

and now the whole extended universe, in the same order the page gives them 👑

• ata_sff_check_status(9), ata_sff_altstatus(9), ata_sff_irq_status(9), ata_sff_sync(9), ata_sff_pause(9), ata_sff_wait_ready(9), ata_sff_set_devctl(9), ata_sff_dev_select(9), ata_dev_select(9), ata_sff_irq_on(9)
• ata_sff_tf_load(9), ata_sff_tf_read(9), ata_sff_exec_command(9), ata_tf_to_host(9), ata_sff_data_xfer(9), ata_sff_data_xfer32(9), ata_pio_sector(9), ata_pio_sectors(9), atapi_send_cdb(9)
• __atapi_pio_bytes(9), atapi_pio_bytes(9), ata_hsm_ok_in_wq(9), ata_hsm_qc_complete(9), ata_sff_hsm_move(9), ata_sff_qc_issue(9), ata_sff_qc_fill_rtf(9), ata_sff_port_intr(9), ata_sff_interrupt(9), ata_sff_lost_interrupt(9)
• ata_sff_freeze(9), ata_sff_thaw(9), ata_sff_prereset(9), ata_devchk(9), ata_sff_dev_classify(9), ata_sff_wait_after_reset(9), ata_sff_softreset(9), sata_sff_hardreset(9), ata_sff_postreset(9), ata_sff_drain_fifo(9)
• ata_sff_error_handler(9), ata_sff_std_ports(9), ata_pci_sff_init_host(9), ata_pci_sff_prepare_host(9), ata_pci_sff_activate_host(9), ata_pci_sff_init_one(9), ata_bmdma_fill_sg(9), ata_bmdma_fill_sg_dumb(9), ata_bmdma_qc_prep(9), ata_bmdma_dumb_qc_prep(9)
• ata_bmdma_qc_issue(9), ata_bmdma_port_intr(9), ata_bmdma_interrupt(9), ata_bmdma_error_handler(9), ata_bmdma_post_internal_cmd(9), ata_bmdma_irq_clear(9), ata_bmdma_setup(9), ata_bmdma_start(9), ata_bmdma_stop(9), ata_bmdma_status(9)
• ata_bmdma_port_start(9), ata_bmdma_port_start32(9), ata_pci_bmdma_clear_simplex(9), ata_pci_bmdma_init(9), ata_pci_bmdma_prepare_host(9), ata_pci_bmdma_init_one(9), ata_sff_port_init(9)

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source/version vibes: ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026 — that’s the cute little footer sign-off, bestie. mwah, bye! 💖🦋🎀