mv_bmdma_start(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, meet mv_bmdma_start(9) from the Kernel API Manual — it's the function that starts a BMDMA transaction. Short name, big main-character energy. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void mv_bmdma_start (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• qc — queued command to start DMA on. That's the one and only argument, bestie. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

LOCKING: Inherited from caller.

No cap, that's the whole locking situation: it's inherited from whoever called it, periodt. 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/ata/sata_mv.c — go look, bestie. 👑

• mv_save_cached_regs(9)
• mv_write_cached_reg(9)
• mv_stop_edma_engine(9)
• mv_port_start(9)
• mv_port_stop(9)
• mv_fill_sg(9)
• mv_sff_irq_clear(9)
• mv_check_atapi_dma(9)
• mv_bmdma_setup(9)
• mv_bmdma_stop_ap(9)
• mv_bmdma_status(9)
• mv_qc_prep(9)
• mv_qc_prep_iie(9)
• mv_sff_check_status(9)
• mv_send_fis(9)
• mv_qc_issue_fis(9)
• mv_qc_issue(9)
• mv_err_intr(9)
• mv_host_intr(9)
• mv_interrupt(9)
• mv_port_init(9)
• mv_init_host(9)
• mv_platform_probe(9)
• mv_print_info(9)
• mv_pci_init_one(9)

Source/version: ./drivers/ata ✨ Date: October 2026 🌸 — that's the cute sign-off for mv_bmdma_start(9), bestie. Stay iconic, mwah 💅💖