From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: ATA passthrough questions Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:51:57 -0500 Message-ID: <43CFFBED.8030202@rtr.ca> References: <867ae21dff5bea23500e8489161916d3@Netcell.com> <58cb370e0601190354g54d54f3j4fdb5240ccd21917@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rtr.ca ([64.26.128.89]:37340 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161422AbWASUwN (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:52:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Matt Gillette Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org 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