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From: Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Kernel bug crashing in HDIO_DRIVE_TASKFILE
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:14:34 -0600
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Cc: Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>, Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>

Norman Diamond wrote:
>> Libata should be used for any new setup that doesn't have a strict legacy
>> requirement now.
> 
> 90% agreed.  However, I've read that libata will never support add-on IDE
> boards.

Huh? It already does support most or all that one is likely to see..