ata_sff_set_devctl(9)

💖 ata_sff_set_devctl(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so this is the ata_sff_set_devctl(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally a tiny little kernel-API moment. no gatekeeping, let's go 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ata_sff_set_devctl — Write device control reg

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay bestie, the whole signature is:

bool ata_sff_set_devctl (struct ata_port *ap , u8 ctl );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ap — port where the device is, periodt.
• ctl — the value to write, no cap.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This one writes the ATA device control register. That's the whole vibe. 💅

LOCKING: Inherited from caller. Not me making decisions — it's inherited, okay?

🌸 RETURN 🌸

It returns true if the register exists, and false if not. Clean, simple, iconic. ✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

The kernel file is ./drivers/ata/libata-sff.c, and the whole SEE ALSO squad is here — I'm not leaving a single one out, fr fr:

• 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_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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