hpt370_bmdma_stop(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… hpt370_bmdma_stop(9) πŸ’…

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a little icon and it knows it. sit down bestie, this one's short but it's important.


✨ NAME ✨

hpt370_bmdma_stop β€” DMA engine stop πŸ›‘

like, the function that stops the DMA engine. that's the whole vibe. no cap.


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void hpt370_bmdma_stop (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc );

it returns void, so it gives you nothing back β€” and that's on purpose, main character energy. 🫢


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • qc β€” an ATA command. that's it, that's the whole argument. it's a struct ata_queued_cmd *, obviously. πŸ’–

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

so the actual tea β˜•: this function is a work around for the HPT370 DMA engine. it exists purely to deal with that engine's whole situation. that's the description, bestie β€” it's giving "short and mysterious" and i respect it. πŸ”₯


🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file ./drivers/ata/pata_hpt37x.c and honestly the whole friend group:

iykyk πŸ’…βœ¨


ngl this page is tiny but every line of it slays, so don't skip the little ones, okay? πŸ“

and that's a wrap, bestie! πŸŽ€ this one lives in ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026, under the name hpt370_bmdma_stop(9) β€” periodt. πŸ’œπŸ§š

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