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.TH "ATA_DEV_CLASSIFY" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
ata_dev_classify \- determine device type based on ATA-spec signature
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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unsigned int ata_dev_classify  (struct ata_taskfile * \fItf\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fItf\fB\fR
ATA taskfile register set for device to be identified
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Determine from taskfile register contents whether a device is
ATA or ATAPI, as per ``Signature and persistence'' section
of ATA/PI spec (volume 1, sect 5.14).
.SH "LOCKING"
.PP
None.
.SH "RETURNS"
.PP
Device type, ATA_DEV_ATA, ATA_DEV_ATAPI, or ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN
the event of failure.