pacpi_port_start(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to pacpi_port_start(9) — it's chillin' in the Kernel API Manual, and we're about to make port setup make sense 💖

✨ NAME ✨

pacpi_port_start — port setup. That's it, that's the vibe 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int pacpi_port_start (struct ata_port *ap );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ap — the ATA port being set up. main character energy, honestly 👑

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Use the port_start hook to maintain private control structures. The way that works is literally right there in the hook: it's for keeping your private control structures maintained 🧚 no cap.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/ata/pata_acpi.c — and the whole squad:

• pacpi_pre_reset(9)
• pacpi_cable_detect(9)
• pacpi_discover_modes(9)
• pacpi_mode_filter(9)
• pacpi_set_piomode(9)
• pacpi_set_dmamode(9)
• pacpi_qc_issue(9)
• pacpi_init_one(9)

<cute>source/version sign-off:</cute> from the ./drivers/ata source path, stamped October 2026, this is pacpi_port_start(9) — bye bestie, slay 🫶💜