piix_pata_prereset(9)

💅 piix_pata_prereset(9) 💅

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's short but it ATE. it's all about piix_pata_prereset, which is your prereset bestie for the PATA host controller. yep, that's the whole vibe. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

piix_pata_prereset — literally the prereset for PATA host controller. no cap, that's what it does. 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

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

look at her go, she's iconic 👑

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• link — the target link, aka the main character of this operation 🫶
• deadline — the deadline jiffies for the operation. yes, jiffies, we love a units moment 💀

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

LOCKING: None (inherited from caller).

that's it. that's the description. she said "locking? not my problem, I inherited it from the caller" and honestly? respect. 🙈💅

fr fr though, note that this is the entire description — there's no extra lore here, so don't go reading into it!

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• Kernel file ./drivers/ata/ata_piix.c — the source of truth, she lives here 🏠
• ich_pata_cable_detect(9)
• piix_set_piomode(9)
• do_pata_set_dmamode(9)
• piix_set_dmamode(9)
• ich_set_dmamode(9)
• piix_check_450nx_errata(9)
• piix_init_one(9)

the whole friend group, assembled 🧚✨

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and that's the page bestie! 🍓 this little gem comes straight out of ./drivers/ata and it's dated October 2026 — yes, the future, she's ahead of her time 💜🌷 so yeah, piix_pata_prereset(9), slay, periodt. 🔥👑