sata_link_init_spd(9)

💅 sata_link_init_spd(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the <pink>Kernel API Manual</pink> entry for sata_link_init_spd(9) — genuinely one of those little functions that does exactly one thing and does it slayfully 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

sata_link_init_spd — literally just initializes link->sata_spd_limit. that's it. that's the whole vibe 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int sata_link_init_spd (struct ata_link *link );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• link — the link you're configuring sata_spd_limit for. that's your main character right there 👑

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so what it does: it initializes link->[hw_]sata_spd_limit to the value that's currently configured. no cap, that's the whole bit — it just syncs the limit fields up to whatever's already in play ✨

LOCKING: Kernel thread context (may sleep) 😴 so like… don't come at this from somewhere that can't sleep, bestie, fr fr.

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• 0 on success 🎉
• -errno on failure 😭 (the negative errno vibe, iykyk)

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, honestly. the kernel file is ./drivers/ata/libata-core.c and here's everyone tagging along in the group chat:

ata_link_next(9), ata_dev_next(9), ata_dev_phys_link(9), ata_force_cbl(9), ata_force_pflags(9), ata_force_link_limits(9), ata_force_xfermask(9), ata_force_quirks(9), atapi_cmd_type(9), ata_set_rwcmd_protocol(9), ata_tf_read_block(9), ata_build_rw_tf(9), ata_pack_xfermask(9), ata_unpack_xfermask(9), ata_xfer_mask2mode(9), ata_xfer_mode2mask(9), ata_xfer_mode2shift(9), ata_mode_string(9), ata_dev_classify(9), ata_id_string(9), ata_id_c_string(9), ata_read_native_max_address(9), ata_set_max_sectors(9), ata_hpa_resize(9), ata_dump_id(9), ata_id_xfermask(9), ata_exec_internal(9), ata_pio_need_iordy(9), ata_pio_mask_no_iordy(9), ata_do_dev_read_id(9), ata_dev_read_id(9), ata_dev_power_set_standby(9), ata_dev_power_set_active(9), ata_read_log_page(9), ata_dev_configure(9), ata_cable_40wire(9), ata_cable_80wire(9), ata_cable_unknown(9), ata_cable_ignore(9), ata_cable_sata(9), sata_print_link_status(9), ata_dev_pair(9), ata_timing_cycle2mode(9), ata_down_xfermask_limit(9), ata_set_mode(9), ata_wait_ready(9), ata_wait_after_reset(9), ata_std_prereset(9), ata_std_postreset(9), ata_dev_same_device(9), ata_dev_reread_id(9), ata_dev_revalidate(9), ata_is_40wire(9), cable_is_40wire(9), ata_dev_xfermask(9), ata_dev_set_xfermode(9), ata_dev_set_feature(9), ata_dev_init_params(9), atapi_check_dma(9), ata_std_qc_defer(9), ata_sg_init(9), ata_sg_clean(9), ata_sg_setup(9), swap_buf_le16(9), ata_qc_free(9), ata_qc_complete(9), ata_qc_get_active(9), ata_qc_issue(9), ata_phys_link_online(9), ata_phys_link_offline(9), ata_link_online(9), ata_link_offline(9), ata_host_suspend(9), ata_host_resume(9), ata_dev_init(9), ata_link_init(9), ata_port_alloc(9), ata_host_alloc(9), ata_host_alloc_pinfo(9), ata_finalize_port_ops(9), ata_host_start(9), ata_host_init(9), ata_host_register(9), ata_host_activate(9), ata_dev_free_resources(9), ata_port_detach(9), ata_host_detach(9), ata_pci_remove_one(9), ata_platform_remove_one(9), ata_msleep(9), ata_wait_register(9) 🫶

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and that's the page!! source is ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026 — so like, future icon behaviour honestly 👑 go forth and init those speed limits, bestie 💅🧚‍♀️