IDE/ATAPI in 2.5
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I will violently oppose anything that implies that the IDE layer uses the SCSI layer normally. No way, Jose. I'm all for scrapping, but the thing that should be scrapped is ide-scsi.
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Nobody who has a technical backgroupd and knows what to do wuld ever make such a proposal.
Instead, there needs to be one or more SCSI HA driver as part of the SCSI stack. This driver also needs to deal with plain ATA in order to be able to coordinate access.
Jörg
Such driver would only work with ATAPI devices. Joerg, does not seem to realize that the vast majority of IDE devices do not support ATAPI at all. As a rule of thumb, winchesters do not, CD-ROMs and such do, and tapes do too. To make a pseudo-HA driver which speaks plain IDE and plugs into SCSI subsistem would saddle the IDE with SCSI limitations, and add one more layer for no benefit whatsoever.
-- Pete