This status report applies to the latest SATA driver release, found in kernels >= 2.6.18-git5 (i.e. what will be 2.6.19). Table of Contents Recent updates Software support Basic Serial ATA Queueing (TCQ/NCQ) Hotplug Power management SMART PATA ATAPI Port Multiplier 1. Recent updates The drivers were moved to drivers/ata in the kernel source tree, and a large number of PATA drivers were merged. ACP