pdc2027x_prereset(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for pdc2027x_prereset(9) — yes, that's the manual name, and we're folding it in right here at the top 💅✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

pdc2027x_prereset — prereset for PATA host controller. That's the whole name line, bestie; it's giving “small function, important job” energy 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int pdc2027x_prereset (struct ata_link *link , unsigned long deadline );

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• link — Target link 🎯 that's the link you're aiming at, no cap.
• deadline — deadline jiffies for the operation ⏳ yes, jiffies, not vibes.

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so this is the probeinit situation, and it includes cable detection — cable detection is literally part of the package 🧚✨

🔒 LOCKING: None (inherited from caller). So no extra locking drama here; the caller already brought that energy, periodt.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./drivers/ata/pata_pdc2027x.c — go peek at the source, iykyk 👀

Also, bestie, these iconique functions are in the group chat:

• port_mmio(9)
• dev_mmio(9)
• pdc2027x_cable_detect(9)
• pdc2027x_port_enabled(9)
• pdc2027x_mode_filter(9)
• pdc2027x_set_piomode(9)
• pdc2027x_set_dmamode(9)
• pdc2027x_set_mode(9)
• pdc2027x_check_atapi_dma(9)
• pdc_read_counter(9)
• pdc_adjust_pll(9)
• pdc_detect_pll_input_clock(9)
• pdc_hardware_init(9)
• pdc_ata_setup_port(9)
• pdc2027x_init_one(9)

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mwah 💋 — source/version ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026, and pdc2027x_prereset(9) is signing off 🫶