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SubjectRe: CD writing - related question
Jens Axboe wrote:

>On Mon, Jan 30 2006, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>
>
>>Please take this as a question to elicit information, not an invitation
>>for argument.
>>
>>In Linux currently:
>> SCSI - liiks like SCSI
>> USB - looks like SCSI
>> Firewaire - looks like SCSI
>> SATA - looks like SCSI
>>
>>
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>SATA will _not_ look like SCSI in the future.
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>> Compact flash and similar - looks like SCSI
>>
>>
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>? CF adapters are usually IDE, so looks like ATA.
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>> ATAPI - looks different unless ide-scsi used
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>But it's all besides the point, it doesn't matter what the device
>special file looks like (if it's SCSI or not). What matters is that you
>talk to the device the same way - and that way is currently SG_IO.
>
>That a device hangs off the SCSI stack because that is the way the
>author wrote eg usb-storage is irrelevant. What matters is that you open
>the device in question and use SG_IO to talk to it.
>
>Talking about the SCSI stack and ide-scsi completely misses the point.
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Jens,

Is there a document that clearly lists how these components (SCSI,
SG_IO, ATA/PI etc et al) connect together and what protocol / transports
they use? I suspect the problem with all these current arguments is that
very few people understand how this all works / connects. I think alot
of people equate kconfig options with how the stuff works under the hood
(even though a number of these config options are badly named to say the
least).

Matt

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