Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: IDE -> ATA DISK | Date | 1 Dec 1998 02:25:30 GMT |
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Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981130204716.274F-100000@mirkwood.dummy.home> By author: Rik van Riel <H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > The 2.1.x series kernel thinks that my IDE drive is an ATA DISK: > > But it /is/ an ATA disk... IM(NOM)HO 2.1 reports the Right Thing. > > ATA = AT Attachement. This is the official term for the > protocol used to communicate between the IDE interface > (it usually can't be considered a controller, with the > notable exception of the 'modern' DMA ones) and the > drive. >
Technically speaking, neither IDE/ATA nor SCSI have "controllers"; they have "host adapters". In both cases the controller proper sits on the drive itself.
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