Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [RFR] a new SCSI driver | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | 25 May 2003 12:45:25 +0200 |
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On Sun, 2003-05-25 at 13:19, john@grabjohn.com wrote: > > > 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? on common misunderstanding ; PATA != PIO mode ATA but Parallel ATA, as opposed to Serial ATA [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] |  |