Messages in this thread | | | From | Pat LaVarre <> | Subject | Re: Linux Serial ATA (SATA) status report | Date | Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:30:39 -0600 |
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// Andreas J:
> > Date: 2004-07-09 8:17:21 > > IIRC Plextor is shipping dvd burners with SATA > > interface. > ... > http://www.plextor.be/products/dvd_recorders/px-712sa.asp?choice=PX -712SA > ... > > Any idea whether or not these will work?
Will Linux find and name a SATAPI device?
Every 2.4 Linux I've tried connects with the SATAPI device I have. Knoppix Linux 2.4, my own kernel, etc. Seemingly the 2.4 cdrom and ide-cd driver modules connect to SATAPI, same as PATAPI. But 2.6 introduces CONFIG_BLK_IDE_SATA. drivers/ide/Kconfig explains why.
In my newbie ignorance, me, I think that explanation means to say that, by make defconfig, as yet you don't get SATAPI in 2.6, but you can still ask for it to work as well in 2.6 as in 2.4, except if you do ask for SATAPI you might lose SATAPI anyhow by losing support for the unusual SATA host you have. However, I'm confident other people here in linux-ide understand this far far better than I.
Pat LaVarre http://linux-pel.blog-city.com/read/742498.htm
P.S. What effects the ide-scsi and ide-floppy driver modules might have with SATAPI, I do not know.
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