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authorJeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>2005-05-30 13:15:52 -0400
committerJeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>2005-05-30 13:15:52 -0400
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<toc></toc>
+ <chapter id="libataIntroduction">
+ <title>Introduction</title>
+ <para>
+ libATA is a library used inside the Linux kernel to support ATA host
+ controllers and devices. libATA provides an ATA driver API, class
+ transports for ATA and ATAPI devices, and SCSI&lt;-&gt;ATA translation
+ for ATA devices according to the T10 SAT specification.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This Guide documents the libATA driver API, library functions, library
+ internals, and a couple sample ATA low-level drivers.
+ </para>
+ </chapter>
+
<chapter id="libataThanks">
<title>Thanks</title>
<para>
The bulk of the ATA knowledge comes thanks to long conversations with
- Andre Hedrick (www.linux-ide.org).
+ Andre Hedrick (www.linux-ide.org), and long hours pondering the ATA
+ and SCSI specifications.
</para>
<para>
Thanks to Alan Cox for pointing out similarities