hpt37x_cable_detect(9)

💅 hpt37x_cable_detect(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so like, real talk, this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's about the little function hpt37x_cable_detect. yes she's niche. yes she's iconic. let's get into it ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

hpt37x_cable_detect — bestie, it literally does what it says on the tin: Detect the cable type 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int hpt37x_cable_detect (struct ata_port *ap );

that's the whole vibe check right there 💅

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🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• ap — the ATA port to detect on. like, that's the one she's examining, no cap 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what happens is, this function returns the cable type attached to this port. that's it. that's the whole plot. short and sweet and honestly kind of main character energy 😭✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/ata/pata_hpt37x.c — the home base, the mothership, the place where it all lives 🏠
• hpt37x_find_mode(9)
• hpt370_filter(9)
• hpt370a_filter(9)
• hpt372_filter(9)
• hpt374_fn1_cable_detect(9)
• hpt37x_pre_reset(9)
• hpt37x_set_piomode(9)
• hpt37x_set_dmamode(9)
• hpt370_bmdma_stop(9)
• hpt37x_bmdma_stop(9)
• hpt37x_clock_slot(9)
• hpt37x_calibrate_dpll(9)
• hpt37x_init_one(9)

like, the whole squad is here 🫶💜

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ngl the whole family tree lives in ./drivers/ata and they're all eating, fr fr 👑

okay that's the whole page!! sourced from ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026, and stamped with hpt37x_cable_detect(9) so you never forget her name. mwah, love u, go read your kernel source 🌈💖🎀