efar_cable_detect(9)

🎀 efar_cable_detect(9) 🎀

okay so bestie, this is efar_cable_detect(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally about checking the 40/80 pin cable situation for the EFAR ATA interface. niche? yes. iconic? also yes. 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

efar_cable_detect — check for 40/80 pin

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int efar_cable_detect (struct ata_port *ap );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• ap — Port

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so this one performs cable detection for the EFAR ATA interface. that's the whole assignment. 🦋

and bestie, it is different to the PIIX arrangement — like, do not assume they're the same, because the page literally says they're not. no cap. 😭💖

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/ata/pata_efar.c
• efar_pre_reset(9)
• efar_set_piomode(9)
• efar_set_dmamode(9)
• efar_init_one(9)

💖 cute little sign-off: source/version is ./drivers/ata, and the date on this one is October 2026. slay, bye bestie! 🎀✨🫶