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| 45 | <toc></toc> | 45 | <toc></toc> |
| 46 | 46 | ||
| 47 | <chapter id="libataIntroduction"> | ||
| 48 | <title>Introduction</title> | ||
| 49 | <para> | ||
| 50 | libATA is a library used inside the Linux kernel to support ATA host | ||
| 51 | controllers and devices. libATA provides an ATA driver API, class | ||
| 52 | transports for ATA and ATAPI devices, and SCSI<->ATA translation | ||
| 53 | for ATA devices according to the T10 SAT specification. | ||
| 54 | </para> | ||
| 55 | <para> | ||
| 56 | This Guide documents the libATA driver API, library functions, library | ||
| 57 | internals, and a couple sample ATA low-level drivers. | ||
| 58 | </para> | ||
| 59 | </chapter> | ||
| 60 | |||
| 47 | <chapter id="libataThanks"> | 61 | <chapter id="libataThanks"> |
| 48 | <title>Thanks</title> | 62 | <title>Thanks</title> |
| 49 | <para> | 63 | <para> |
| 50 | The bulk of the ATA knowledge comes thanks to long conversations with | 64 | The bulk of the ATA knowledge comes thanks to long conversations with |
| 51 | Andre Hedrick (www.linux-ide.org). | 65 | Andre Hedrick (www.linux-ide.org), and long hours pondering the ATA |
| 66 | and SCSI specifications. | ||
| 52 | </para> | 67 | </para> |
| 53 | <para> | 68 | <para> |
| 54 | Thanks to Alan Cox for pointing out similarities | 69 | Thanks to Alan Cox for pointing out similarities |