sata_link_resume(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, so this one's from the Kernel API Manual — it's sata_link_resume(9), and it is literally the function that wakes your SATA link back up and makes sure it's actually awake. very main character energy for a phy. let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

sata_link_resume — resume SATA link 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int sata_link_resume (struct ata_link *link , const unsigned int *params
, unsigned long deadline );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • link — the ATA link we're resuming SATA on. that's our girl 🎀
  • params — timing parameters { interval, duration, timeout }, and ngl they're all in msec. all three, in that order, in msec. don't come for me, that's just what it is 💖
  • deadline — the deadline for the whole operation, measured in jiffies. yes, jiffies. iconic unit tbh ⭐

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Resume SATA phy link and debounce it. that's the whole vibe — wake the phy back up, then debounce it so it's not out here being all flappy and unreliable. slay 🫶

LOCKING: Kernel thread context — and it may sleep. so like, don't call it somewhere that can't nap, bestie, that's the whole point 😭

✨ RETURN ✨

0 on success, -errno on failure. no cap 💀 — those are your only two outcomes.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the kernel file is ./drivers/ata/libata-sata.c and it's surrounded by a whole friend group, fr fr:

./drivers/ata/libata-sata.c — the kernel file, homegirl's actual address 📍

then the crew:

and that's the page, bestie 🧚💜 — shoutout to ./drivers/ata for the source, dated October 2026, aka the version info. go resume that link, iykyk 🌈👑

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