ata_sff_freeze(9)

✨ ata_sff_freeze(9) ✨

okay bestie, quick vibe check: this is a page from the Kernel API Manual about ata_sff_freeze. It's short, it's sweet, and it does exactly one thing. icon behavior honestly 💅

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💖 NAME 💖

ata_sff_freeze — freeze the SFF controller port 🧊

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void ata_sff_freeze (struct ata_port *ap );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ap — the port you wanna freeze, bestie. That's it. That's the whole argument. 🫶

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Freeze the SFF controller port. literally it. no extra lore, no side quests, that's the entire job description ✨

LOCKING: inherited from the caller, ok?? you don't get a lock handed to you here — whoever called this function already has that situation handled. not our problem, not our drama 🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole extended ata fam is here, no cap. every single one of these, in order, periodt:

• Kernel file ./drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
• ata_sff_check_status(9)
• ata_sff_altstatus(9)
• ata_sff_irq_status(9)
• ata_sff_sync(9)
• ata_sff_pause(9)
• ata_sff_dma_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_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)

like, that's a cast, not a list 😭 the friend group is huge and they all showed up 💀

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that's the whole page, bestie — stay hydrated, check your locking, and remember: freeze responsibly 🧊💜

source: <code>./drivers/ata</code> · dated <code>October 2026</code> — ok that's literally the whole sign-off, mwah 🎀✨