1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Chapter&#160;1.&#160;Introduction</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="libATA Developer's Guide"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="libATA Developer's Guide"><link rel="prev" href="index.html" title="libATA Developer's Guide"><link rel="next" href="libataDriverApi.html" title="Chapter&#160;2.&#160;libata Driver API"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter&#160;1.&#160;Introduction</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">&#160;</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="libataDriverApi.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="libataIntroduction"></a>Chapter&#160;1.&#160;Introduction</h1></div></div></div><p>
2  libATA is a library used inside the Linux kernel to support ATA host
3  controllers and devices.  libATA provides an ATA driver API, class
4  transports for ATA and ATAPI devices, and SCSI&lt;-&gt;ATA translation
5  for ATA devices according to the T10 SAT specification.
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7  This Guide documents the libATA driver API, library functions, library
8  internals, and a couple sample ATA low-level drivers.
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