sata_set_spd(9)

💅 NAME 💅

okay bestie, welcome to sata_set_spd(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for the function that sets SATA spd according to the spd limit. The literal NAME line is:

sata_set_spd - set SATA spd according to spd limit

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int sata_set_spd (struct ata_link *link );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• link — Link to set SATA spd for. that's the whole argument, bestie 🫶

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

It sets SATA spd of link according to sata_spd_limit. That's the core vibe — just that, no extra invented behavior, fr fr.

LOCKING: Inherited from caller. 🔒

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

• 0 — if spd doesn't need to be changed.
• 1 — if spd has been changed.
• negative errno — if SCR registers are inaccessible. 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./drivers/ata/libata-sata.c — iconic source location, no cap. ✨

• sata_scr_valid(9)
• sata_scr_read(9)
• sata_scr_write(9)
• sata_scr_write_flush(9)
• ata_tf_to_fis(9)
• ata_tf_from_fis(9)
• sata_link_debounce(9)
• sata_link_resume(9)
• sata_link_scr_lpm(9)
• sata_set_spd_needed(9)
• sata_down_spd_limit(9)
• sata_link_hardreset(9)
• sata_std_hardreset(9)
• ata_qc_complete_multiple(9)
• ata_slave_link_init(9)
• sata_lpm_ignore_phy_events(9)
• ata_ncq_prio_supported(9)
• ata_ncq_prio_enabled(9)
• ata_ncq_prio_enable(9)
• ata_change_queue_depth(9)
• ata_scsi_change_queue_depth(9)
• ata_sas_sdev_configure(9)
• ata_sas_queuecmd(9)
• sata_async_notification(9)
• ata_eh_read_log_10h(9)
• ata_eh_get_ncq_success_sense(9)
• ata_eh_analyze_ncq_error(9)

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mwah 💖 that's the whole page, bestie. source/version tag ./drivers/ata, date October 2026, and it's for sata_set_spd(9) — bye! ✨🎀