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ATA_QC_ISSUE(9) 					       libata Core Internals						   ATA_QC_ISSUE(9)

NAME
       ata_qc_issue - issue taskfile to device

SYNOPSIS
       void ata_qc_issue(struct ata_queued_cmd * qc);

ARGUMENTS
       qc
	   command to issue to device

DESCRIPTION
       Prepare an ATA command to submission to device. This includes mapping the data into a DMA-able area, filling in the S/G table, and finally
       writing the taskfile to hardware, starting the command.

LOCKING
       spin_lock_irqsave(host lock)

AUTHOR
       Jeff Garzik
	   Author.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.					     July 2010							   ATA_QC_ISSUE(9)