cs5536_cable_detect(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 cs5536_cable_detect(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie

okay so real talk, this one's from the cs5536_cable_detect(9) corner of the Kernel API Manual and she's short but she serves. it's giving "tiny function, big responsibility." let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

cs5536_cable_detect — detect cable type. that's it, that's the whole job. she looks at a cable and she knows. 🔥

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int cs5536_cable_detect (struct ata_port *ap );

copy it exactly like that, spaces and all, no cap — do not "clean it up," the kernel does not want your opinions 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ap — the port to detect on. that's your main character right there, the struct ata_port * you're doing the whole cable-vibe-check on 🫶

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what does she actually do? she performs cable detection for an ATA66 capable cable. yup. that's the assignment, and she ate. ✨

and then — drumroll — she returns a cable type. that's the whole endgame. no dramatic monologue, just results, periodt. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go touch some grass in the kernel source, specifically this file:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/ata/pata_cs5536.c — the home base, the mothership, the whole vibe 🧚

and her besties, the other entries you should fr fr read next:

they're a package deal, iykyk 🍓

ngl bestie, this page is short but she's complete. don't skip the SEE ALSO, those cross-refs are literally the friend group 👯‍♀️

and that's the tea ☕ — this iconic little page comes to you from ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026. go forth and detect those cables, queen 👑💖🦋

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