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DateSun, 11 Mar 2007 02:04:57 -0600
FromRobert Hancock <>
SubjectRe: libata extension
Vitaliyi wrote:
> Good Day
> 
> Say i want to implement extended set of ATA commands available to
> userspace for building diagnostic tools.
> I need 0x40 -- read verify and 0x32 -- write long with error handling,
> for example. I was trying ide driver through ioctl's, but seems it
> lack of functionality and full of gotchas. Furthermore it oopses
> sometimes.
> 
> Is it possible to use libata for such purpose or i need to write
> separate IDE driver ?
> By the way, i'm sure it should be done in kernel space since i'm going
> to deal with some hdd manufacturer commands.
> 
> P.S. I was looking through libata and ide sources and documentation
> but still dont have broad picture.

I believe you should be able to do this by sending ATA pass-through SCSI 
commands into the device using SG_IO, without any kernel changes. It's 
really the mechanism that's meant for this..

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