triflex_load_timing(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is triflex_load_timing(9) from the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨ — and the NAME is literally timing configuration. that's it, that's the assignment 💅. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void triflex_load_timing (struct ata_port *ap , struct ata_device *adev
, int speed );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ap — the ATA interface 💅 the interface in question, periodt.
• adev — the device on the bus 🦋 the device sitting on that bus, getting its timing handled.
• speed — the speed to configure 🔥 literally the speed value, handed over as an int.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea 🍓: the way that the Triflex has one set of timings per device per channel? that's lowkey the whole plot. so we must do some switching 🔁 — yes, actual switching, not just a vibe check.

and because the PIO and DMA timings don't match, we have to do some reloading too 😭. unlike PIIX devices, where tuning tricks can avoid it, Triflex isn't getting that shortcut. it's giving reload-and-switch energy, highkey 💀.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read the Kernel file ./drivers/ata/pata_triflex.c, plus these icon functions:

• triflex_prereset(9)
• triflex_set_piomode(9)
• triflex_bmdma_start(9)
• triflex_bmdma_stop(9)

mwah 💋 signing off from triflex_load_timing(9) — source/version ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026 🌸🫶✨