From: Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>
To: Matt Gillette <Matt.Gillette@netcell.com>
Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>,
linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ATA passthrough questions
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:51:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <43CFFBED.8030202@rtr.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DF42C291-57BB-4645-99F5-ED86D7CF22FC@netcell.com>
Matt Gillette wrote:
>
> One question that I have is what's the difference between the older ide
> drivers and libata. What is the future of the ide driver - is it going
> to be phased out and replaced by libata, or will they both remain in
> the kernel and developed in parallel.
The older IDE layer, which I once wrote and maintained, is on the way out.
The original code there wasn't designed for a hotplug world, and has lots
of issues nowadays from years of neglect, bloat, and a changed world.
Anything new should really target libata, or have its own native block driver.
Cheers
Mark
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-19 20:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2006-01-19 11:54 ` ATA passthrough questions Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2006-01-19 20:43 ` Matt Gillette
2006-01-19 20:51 ` Mark Lord [this message]
2006-01-23 20:40 ` Libata Driver Matt Gillette
2006-01-23 20:53 ` Mark Lord
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