From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] speed up SATA
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 16:26:03 -0500
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To: Stefan Smietanowski <stesmi@stesmi.com>
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Stefan Smietanowski wrote:
> 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 ...

Correct.

	Jeff