mv_fill_sg(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 mv_fill_sg(9) β€” like, the whole vibe 🌸

okay so bestie, we're in the mv_fill_sg(9) era of the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's giving "small function, big job." let's get into it πŸ’…


✨ NAME ✨

mv_fill_sg β€” fills out the Marvell ePRD (that's scatter gather, iykyk) entries πŸŽ€


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

void mv_fill_sg (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc );

literally that's it. that's the whole signature. no cap. ✨


πŸ’– ARGUMENTS πŸ’–

  • qc β€” the queued command whose SG list we're sourcing from. it's the main character here, we're just reading off its SG list, periodt. πŸ‘‘

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so what does this thing actually do? it populates the SG list and then marks the last entry. that's the whole assignment, and it ate. πŸ”₯

LOCKING: inherited from the caller β€” not us, not our problem, we're just the vibes inheriting the lock situation from whoever called us. fr fr. πŸ”’


🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

kernel file ./drivers/ata/sata_mv.c plus the whole friend group:

mv_save_cached_regs(9), mv_write_cached_reg(9), mv_stop_edma_engine(9), mv_port_start(9), mv_port_stop(9), mv_sff_irq_clear(9), mv_check_atapi_dma(9), mv_bmdma_setup(9), mv_bmdma_start(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)


πŸ’Œ ok that's the whole page, you're basically a Marvell SATA expert now, so proud of you bestie 🫢

sign-off time! this little masterpiece lives in ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026, and it goes by mv_fill_sg(9) β€” remember the name, bestie πŸ’œπŸŒΈβ­

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