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.TH "IDE_DUMP_STATUS" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
ide_dump_status \- translate ATA/ATAPI error
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
.sp
\fB
.sp
u8 ide_dump_status  (ide_drive_t * \fIdrive\fB, const char * \fImsg\fB, u8 \fIstat\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIdrive\fB\fR
drive the error occured on
.TP
\fB\fImsg\fB\fR
information string
.TP
\fB\fIstat\fB\fR
status byte
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Error reporting, in human readable form (luxurious, but a memory hog).
Combines the drive name, message and status byte to provide a
user understandable explanation of the device error.