mv_init_host(9)

💖 mv_init_host(9) 💖 — Kernel API Manual, but make it group-chat 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the mv_init_host(9) page from the Kernel API Manual. this is the early-host-initialization moment, and we're gonna read it together like it's the most iconic lore drop ever. no cap, it's giving “kernel setup but make it cute” 🦋

📛 NAME 📛

mv_init_host — Perform some early initialization of the host.

🛠️ SYNOPSIS 🛠️

int mv_init_host (struct ata_host *host );

🧸 ARGUMENTS 🧸

• host — ATA host to initialize

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

If possible, do an early global reset of the host. Then do our port init and clear/unmask all/relevant host interrupts.

LOCKING: Inherited from caller.

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file ./drivers/ata/sata_mv.c — and these iconic functions, all queued up like a playlist:

• 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_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_platform_probe(9)
• mv_print_info(9)
• mv_pci_init_one(9)

xoxo from the source spot ./drivers/ata 💌 dated October 2026 💌 this has been mv_init_host(9), bye bestie 🫶💅