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'''libATA''' is a [[Library (computing)|library]] used inside the [[Linux kernel]] to support [[Advanced Technology Attachment|ATA]] [[host controller]]s and devices.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ward |first=Brian |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/898036651 |title=How Linux works : what every superuser should know |date=2015 |isbn=978-1-59327-645-4 |edition=2nd |location=San Francisco, CA |oclc=898036651 |page=62}}</ref> libATA provides an ATA driver [[Application programming interface|API]], class transports for ATA and [[ATAPI]] devices, and [[SCSI / ATA Translation]] for ATA devices according to the T10 SAT specification. Features include [[power management]], [[Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology]], PATA/SATA, [[ATA_Packet_Interface|ATAPI]], [[port multiplier]], [[hot swapping]] and [[Native Command Queuing]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Software_status|title = Software status|website=ata Wiki}}{{user-generated source|date=November 2022}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/ Linux ATA wiki]
* [https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Libata_Feature_Table libATA feature table]

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