ata_sff_wait_ready(9)

💖 ata_sff_wait_ready(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to ata_sff_wait_ready(9) from the Kernel API Manual — it's lowkey just “sleep until BSY clears, or timeout,” and it's giving very patient main character energy. no cap. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

ata_sff_wait_ready — sleep until BSY clears, or timeout. periodt. 💤

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ata_sff_wait_ready (struct ata_link *link , unsigned long deadline
);

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• link — the SFF link to wait ready status for. this is the cutie we're watching. 🫶
• deadline — the deadline jiffies for the operation. yes, jiffies. iconic unit. ⏳

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Sleep until ATA Status register bit BSY clears, or timeout occurs. literally that's the whole plot. 😭

LOCKING: Kernel thread context (may sleep). so bestie, this one can nap — kernel thread context, may sleep, noted. 🧚

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💅 RETURN 💅

• 0 on success. slay. ✅
• -errno otherwise. not slay, but very real. 💀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole SEE ALSO crew, exactly as listed, because we do not drop references around here:

• 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_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: ./drivers/ata · date: October 2026 · that's the whole page, bestie — mwah 💋💜