ata_tdev_add(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the ata_tdev_add(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — this one is all about ata_tdev_add, which does exactly what it says on the tin: it initializes an ATA transport device. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ata_tdev_add (struct ata_device *ata_dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ata_dev — the struct ata_device that owns the transport device you're adding, bestie. That's the whole vibe.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So like, this function initializes an ATA transport device for sysfs. It gets added in the device tree below the ATA link device it belongs to. Slay. 🌈

It returns 0 on success and a negative error code on error. Periodt. ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/ata/libata-transport.c
• ata_is_port(9)
• ata_tport_delete(9)
• ata_port_classify(9)
• ata_is_ata_dev(9)
• ata_tdev_free(9)
• ata_tdev_delete(9)
• ata_is_link(9)
• ata_tlink_delete(9)
• ata_tlink_add(9)

that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 source/version: ./drivers/ata, date: October 2026, and yes the title is still ata_tdev_add(9) — iconic. 💜