pacpi_set_dmamode(9)

💖 pacpi_set_dmamode(9) 💖

okay bestie, this is pacpi_set_dmamode(9) from the Kernel API Manual ✨. it's giving kernel-internals-but-make-it-group-chat, and honestly? obsessed. 💅 let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

pacpi_set_dmamode — set initial DMA mode data 🎀

that's the whole assignment, bestie. it sets initial DMA mode data, and it does it with main character energy. no cap. 💖

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

here's the exact signature — copy it character-for-character, don't be quirky with it:

void pacpi_set_dmamode (struct ata_port *ap , struct ata_device *adev );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

two arguments, both lowkey essential:

• ap — ATA interface. that's the ATA interface right there, periodt. 💅
• adev — ATA device. that's the ATA device, say less. ✨

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file is ./drivers/ata/pata_acpi.c, and these are the related-function besties you can go peek at 👀:

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

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xoxo, go be iconic with your modes 💖 — this page's source/version footer energy is ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026. periodt. 🫶