# SATA AHCI Driver GSoC - Week 3 Update

DevFeed: [SATA AHCI Driver GSoC - Week 3 Update](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/sata-ahci-driver-gsoc-week-3-update-33015.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/sata-ahci-driver-gsoc-week-3-update/>)

Published: 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [legacy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/legacy.md>)

Tags: [driver](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/driver.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [gsoc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gsoc.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [legacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/legacy.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [standards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/standards.md>), [version](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/version.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>)

## AI overview

A Week 3 GSoC update on developing a SATA AHCI driver for ReactOS. The author describes limitations of the existing uni_ata driver and reports progress toward a storport miniport implementation with standard AHCI operation, 32-port support, ATA/ATAPI SRB functions, shared-port operation, and NCQ support.

## Source excerpt

I'll put my vision toward the version 1.0 of driver first. If we come to the uni_ata which is actually right now supporting React OS with SATA AHCI driver. uni_ata is actually operating SATA device in legacy mode of operation and with no support of NCQ. Although NCQ is not really necessary for now, because I think we are right now targeting to have hardware support as much as we can (this is as per my understanding).