Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 25 May 2003 12:19:24 +0100 | From | john@grabjohn ... | Subject | Re: [RFR] a new SCSI driver |
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> > Thinking ahead, by the 2.8 timescale, PATA could well be legacy hardware > > which could be supported only by an 'old' IDE driver, much like we already > > have at the moment - I.E. we could remove the current 'old' IDE driver > > sometime during the 2.7 timescale, and support SATA only via the SCSI layer.
> Rubbish. PIO mode ATA will be around for some years to come - there > is just too much invested there (especially in the embedded world) for > it to vanish this quickly. For example, think about compact flash cards, > many of which are still driven using PIO mode accesses in todays PDAs.
Why couldn't PDAs be served by the 'old' driver then? Old doesn't mean obsolete.
Also embedded world != PDAs. I was thinking more of things like PVRs, and blade servers. What about solid state video cameras? Are they going to use PIO mode ATA?
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