Provides access to the Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) adapter driver.
The ide special file provides an interface to an attached IDE Bus. This special file should not be opened directly by application programs. The /dev/ide0, /dev/ide1, ... /dev/iden files are the ide special files.
IDE Adapter Device Driver in AIX Version 4.3 Technical Reference: Kernel and Subsystems Volume 2 provides the implementation specifics for the IDE adapter.
The ide special file is part of Base Operating System (BOS) Runtime.
Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) Subsystem Overview and Direct Access Storage Device Subsystem Overview in AIX Version 4.3 Kernel Extensions and Device Support Programming Concepts.
IDE Adapter Device Driver, idedisk IDE Disk Device Driver, and idecdrom IDE CD-ROM Device Driver in AIX Version 4.3 Technical Reference: Kernel and Subsystems Volume 2.