Bus Type and SCSI Address Reporting for ATA Devices
Updated: September 29, 2009
This paper describes the information that the Microsoft-supplied ATA port driver returns for serial and parallel Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) devices. To support serial ATA devices and controllers, the ATA port driver now reports a new bus type and provides information about SATA devices in response to the IOCTL_SCSI_GET_ADDRESS request.
Drivers or applications that work with storage devices and the ATA port driver must be prepared to handle this information so that they continue to operate correctly with Windows.
This information applies to the following operating systems.
Windows Server 20008 R2
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Included in this white paper:
| • | Storage Bus Type |
| • | Return Value for IOCTL_SCSI_GET_ADDRESS |
