via_mode_filter(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the via_mode_filter(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — this is literally all about via_mode_filter, whose whole assignment is to filter buggy device/mode pairs. no cap, that's the vibe. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

unsigned int via_mode_filter (struct ata_device *dev , unsigned int mask
);

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — an ATA device, aka the device bestie in question 🫶
• mask — the Mode bitmask, aka the bits that say which modes are in the mix ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the situation is this: we need to apply some minimal filtering for old controllers and at least one breed of Transcend SSD. that's the gig. then it returns the updated mask. 💖

like, minimal filtering, but make it necessary — old controllers and at least one breed of Transcend SSD are the whole reason this exists. and yes, the updated mask comes back out at the end. periodt. 🔥

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./drivers/ata/pata_via.c
• via_cable_detect(9)
• via_do_set_mode(9)
• via_tf_load(9)
• via_config_fifo(9)
• via_init_one(9)
• via_reinit_one(9)

mwah 💋 signing off from source ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026, on the via_mode_filter(9) page. stay filtered, bestie 🎀✨