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From: Stefan Smietanowski <stesmi@stesmi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] speed up SATA
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:16:41 +0200
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To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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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 ...

// Stefan