Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 09 May 2002 13:34:46 +0200 | From | Martin Dalecki <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] IDE 58 |
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Uz.ytkownik Anton Altaparmakov napisa?: > At 11:25 08/05/02, Martin Dalecki wrote: > >> Terminology in 2.5: >> We have a host chip set or shortly a host chip. This is implementing the >> ATA interface on the side of the motherboard. >> The host chip is providing two channels. A primary and a secondary >> one. To a channel we can attach two devices, however we use the term >> drive instead in code becouse the termi device is quite overloaded with >> meaning already. The devices are enumerated as units. That's it. >> Far more natural then hwif hwgrp and so on. IDE is the Integrated Device >> Electronic - the microcontroller stuff I don't care that much about. > > > </me ignorant>Um, what about the IDE PCI cards which have 4 channels on > them? Like these two: > > Adaptec 2400 4Ch IDE Raid Controller > RocketRaid 404 4Ch ATA133 Raid Host Adaptor
They appear as SCSI on the host side.
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