Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:19:38 -0500 | From | Mark Lord <> | Subject | Re: Problem with ata layer in 2.6.24 |
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Gene Heskett wrote: > > I doubt libata has that capability now, or ever will, cuz these ide/atapi > devices are generally dumber than rocks about that. But any device claiming > to be scsi-II is supposed to be able to do those sorts of things while the > cpu is off crunching numbers for BOINC or whatever. ..
The CD/DVD drives all all "MMC" devices internally, which means they speak a SCSI command protocol. Regardless of the electrical or optical interface.
Linux is software, and the software protocol is exactly the same for them, no matter what the cable/bus type happens to be.
Cheers
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