# LibATA

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**libATA** is a [library](/source/Library_(computing)) used inside the [Linux kernel](/source/Linux_kernel) to support [ATA](/source/Advanced_Technology_Attachment) [host controllers](/source/Host_controller) and devices.[1] libATA provides an ATA driver [API](/source/Application_programming_interface), class transports for ATA and [ATAPI](/source/ATAPI) devices, and [SCSI / ATA Translation](/source/SCSI_%2F_ATA_Translation) for ATA devices according to the T10 SAT specification. Features include [power management](/source/Power_management), [Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology](/source/Self-Monitoring%2C_Analysis%2C_and_Reporting_Technology), PATA/SATA, [ATAPI](/source/ATA_Packet_Interface), [port multiplier](/source/Port_multiplier), [hot swapping](/source/Hot_swapping) and [Native Command Queuing](/source/Native_Command_Queuing).[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Ward, Brian (2015). *How Linux works : what every superuser should know* (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA. p. 62. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-59327-645-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59327-645-4). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [898036651](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/898036651).{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Software status"](https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Software_status). *ata Wiki*.[*[user-generated source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources#User-generated_content)*]

## External links

- [Linux ATA wiki](https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/)

- [libATA feature table](https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Libata_Feature_Table)

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