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.\"    Manual: libata Core Internals
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
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.TH "ATA_PORT_ALLOC" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "libata Core Internals"
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.SH "NAME"
ata_port_alloc \- allocate and initialize basic ATA port resources
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ ata_port\ *\ ata_port_alloc('u
.BI "struct ata_port * ata_port_alloc(struct\ ata_host\ *\ " "host" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIhost\fR
.RS 4
ATA host this allocated port belongs to
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Allocate and initialize basic ATA port resources\&.
.SH "RETURN"
.PP
Allocate ATA port on success, NULL on failure\&.
.PP
LOCKING: Inherited from calling layer (may sleep)\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBJeff Garzik\fR
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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