On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 1:03 AM, Onkar Mahajan <kern.devel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > How can I start writing the SATA HDD drivers ? > Does anybody has information on data-sheets on Western digital ( more > specifically WD800JD SATA hard drive) ? > Please help me with this. > > Regards, > Onkar > One place to look for specs is http://gkernel.sourceforge.net/specs/ But I don't see any hdd specs there. I would ask on the ide list: linux-ide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx otoh, what is a hdd driver? Linux doesn't have such. There are some quirk areas dedicated to specific hdds, but I would not call that a driver. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer CNN/TruTV Aired Forensic Imaging Demo - http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/23/how-computer-evidence-gets-retrieved/ The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ