it821x_rdc_cable(9)

💅 it821x_rdc_cable — a Kernel API Manual moment 🎀

okay bestie so like, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for it821x_rdc_cable, and honestly? she's a little short queen but she ATE ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

it821x_rdc_cable — cable detect for RDC1010 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int it821x_rdc_cable (struct ata_port *ap );

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. one function, one arg, no cap 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ap — the port we're checking, periodt. that's the whole thing, she's just a lil pointer to the port in question 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so like, what does she actually do? she returns the RDC1010 cable type 🔥

and here's the tea: unlike the IT821x, we actually know how to do this 😭 and we can do host side cable detect — iconic behavior, honestly, main character energy fr fr ✨

no guessing, no drama, just cable type detection done properly. we love a functional queen 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./drivers/ata/pata_it821x.c — go read her, she's the whole family tree 🌳

and now the full squad, because the whole crew is here and we're not leaving anyone out 💜:

• it821x_program(9)
• it821x_program_udma(9)
• it821x_clock_strategy(9)
• it821x_passthru_set_piomode(9)
• it821x_passthru_set_dmamode(9)
• it821x_passthru_bmdma_start(9)
• it821x_passthru_bmdma_stop(9)
• it821x_passthru_dev_select(9)
• it821x_smart_qc_issue(9)
• it821x_passthru_qc_issue(9)
• it821x_smart_set_mode(9)
• it821x_dev_config(9)
• it821x_read_id(9)
• it821x_check_atapi_dma(9)
• it821x_display_disk(9)
• it821x_firmware_command(9)
• it821x_probe_firmware(9)
• it821x_port_start(9)

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okay that's the whole page bestie, you're officially educated 🧚💖

this lil masterpiece lives in ./drivers/ata, it's dated October 2026, and it answers to the name it821x_rdc_cable(9) — mwah, slay, bye 💅🍓