linux-kernel - Re: Hard drive detection

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Date:	Fri, 04 May 2012 09:13:51 -0400
From:	Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>
To:	Chris Jones <chrisjones@...n.net.au>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Hard drive detection

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/

Cheers
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