probe_chip_type(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to probe_chip_type(9) from the Kernel API Manual 🫶 — and she lowkey does exactly what her name says: Discover controller 💅✨. That's the whole assignment. Not me being obsessed with a tiny kernel function, but here we are. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int probe_chip_type (struct legacy_probe *probe );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• probe — the probe entry to check. That's it. That's the bestie. 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So basically, probe_chip_type() probes an ATA port and identifies the type of controller. It's giving “detective era” 🔍✨ — except the detective is kernel code and the mystery is controller type. Iconic. No cap. 👑

Heads up bestie: at this point we do not check if the controller appears to be driveless. That check is literally not invited to this party. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c
• legacy_probe_add(9)
• legacy_set_mode(9)
• legacy_init_one(9)
• legacy_check_special_cases(9)
• legacy_init(9)

These are the friends in the group chat — go say hi. iykyk 💜

signed, sealed, and delivered with source/version ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026 — mwah, bye bestie 💋🎀