Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 01 Dec 2003 17:00:19 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: libata in 2.4.24? |
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Greg Stark wrote: > Is there any documentation about what libata is and what it does differently > from the stock kernel? Why is it being developed separately instead of as a
Nothing "different" from the stock kernel; this is how all drivers are developed. libata is the Serial ATA driver for Linux. Some chipsets -- ICH5 and VIA SATA notably -- look so much like PATA that it's easy to let the existing drivers/ide driver use them. You won't get SATA hotplug or similar SATA-only features, but as long as you can access your SATA hard drive, who cares? :)
libata is in the "stock" 2.6 kernel, FWIW, too.
Jeff
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