ata_port_start(9)

ata_port_start9

Set port up for dma.

Usage

int ata_port_start(struct ata_port * ap);

Arguments

ap

Port to initialize

Overview

Called just after data structures for each port are initialized. Allocates space for PRD table.

May be used as the port_start entry in ata_port_operations.

Locking

Inherited from caller.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0

Author

Jeff Garzik

Author.

From linux-manual-2.6.32 2.6.32-48squeeze6 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.