pacpi_pre_reset(9)

💅 pacpi_pre_reset — a Kernel API Manual moment 🎀

okay bestie, so this one is literally called pacpi_pre_reset, and lowkey the whole vibe is checking for 40/80 pin. it's giving "small function, big responsibility" ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

like, yes, that's the whole signature and she ate 💅

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• link — the ATA link, periodt. that's the thing we're working with 🦋
• deadline — the deadline in jiffies for the operation. not a vibe, an actual timing thing, so pls respect it ⏳

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the actual job here is doing the PATA port setup we need. that's it, that's the tea ☕ no cap, she's just here to set up the PATA port like a good little helper 🧚

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💖 SEE ALSO 💖

bestie, the whole friend group is here — all the pacpi_* girlies from the kernel file ./drivers/ata/pata_acpi.c:

• 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_port_start(9)
• pacpi_init_one(9)

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ngl, if you're poking around ATA/PCAP stuff, read the whole little squad. iykyk 🔥

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and that's the page, bestie 💜 brought to you by the ./drivers/ata directory, dated October 2026 — mwah, slay, and goodbye 👑🌈