bcom_disable_prefetch(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… bcom_disable_prefetch β€” Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, so this one is a whole little kernel manual page for bcom_disable_prefetch(9). Come sit with me, it's short and it ate. πŸŽ€


🌸 NAME 🌸

bcom_disable_prefetch β€” the hook that turns off bus prefetching. That's it, that's the whole gig. πŸ’–


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void bcom_disable_prefetch (void );

πŸ¦‹ ARGUMENTS πŸ¦‹

  • void β€” no arguments, queen. Nothing goes in. Not a single one. 🫢

πŸ’… DESCRIPTION πŸ’…

okay so here's the tea: ATA DMA and the original MPC5200 literally need this because of silicon bugs. like, not a vibe, actual hardware being messy. 😭

And here's the part you gotta know β€” at the moment, disabling prefetch is a one-way street. 🚦 Once it's off, it's off. There is no mechanism in place to turn prefetch back on after it's been disabled.

ngl it's not like it's impossible β€” there's literally no reason it couldn't be done, it would just be more complex to implement. so... yeah. she stays off. πŸ’€

periodt. prefetch go bye-bye, no take-backsies. πŸ™ˆ

πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯

  • the kernel file ./include/linux/fsl/bestcomm/bestcomm_priv.h β€” go read it, iykyk πŸ‘‘
  • struct bcom_tdt(9)
  • struct bcom_engine(9)

🌈 SIGN-OFF 🌈

and that's the whole page, bestie! πŸ’œ this lil icon lives in ./include/linux/fsl/bestcomm, it's dated October 2026, and its title is bcom_disable_prefetch(9) in case you forgot already (no judgement πŸ’–). mwah! πŸ“βœ¨

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