nv_pre_reset(9)

💖 nv_pre_reset(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to nv_pre_reset(9), a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is short, sweet, and extremely on brand: it's giving cable detection and we're gonna read it together 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

nv_pre_reset — cable detection 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int nv_pre_reset (struct ata_link *link , unsigned long deadline );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• link — an ATA link 🌈
• deadline — the deadline in jiffies for the operation ⏰

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so nv_pre_reset performs cable detection. that's the moment. that's the whole vibe check 💖

and the cute part? The BIOS stores this in PCI config space for us 🎀 slay.

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./drivers/ata/pata_amd.c, plus the whole reference squad: timing_setup(9), amd_pre_reset(9), amd_cable_detect(9), amd_fifo_setup(9), amd33_set_piomode(9), amd33_set_dmamode(9), nv100_set_piomode(9), nv100_set_dmamode(9) 🔥

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mwah 💋 — source ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026, page nv_pre_reset(9). byeee 🫶💖