Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:16:41 +0200 | From | Stefan Smietanowski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] speed up SATA |
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Hi Jeff.
> SATA ATAPI looks and works just like PATA ATAPI, with one notable > exception: S/ATAPI will include "asynchronous notification", a feature > that allows you to eliminate the polling of the cdrom driver that > normally occurs. > > You can use ATAPI on SATA today, using a PATA->SATA bridge. In fact > that's the only way I can test SATA ATAPI at all, right now. > > I hope somebody sends me one of these Plextor devices for testing ;-)
Would that mean that one uses the same (sub)drivers as normal SCSI devices do ?
sd/sg/etc ...
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