Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 5 May 2012 09:30:00 +1000 | From | Chris Jones <> | Subject | Re: Hard drive detection |
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On Fri, 04 May 2012 09:13:51 -0400 Mark Lord <kernel@teksavvy.com> wrote:
> On 12-05-04 04:56 AM, Chris Jones wrote: > > What section of the kernel detects internal hard drives upon boot? > > That depends upon how the drive is connected. > But generally speaking, the device driver for the drive-controller > will probe and find any attached drives. > > So for modern kernels, on systems with SATA drives, > the code is in linux/drivers/ata/ > >
Thanks Mark. That's exactly what I was looking for. And are both PATA and SATA internal drives both located in drivers/ata?
Regards
Chris Jones
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