Re: [PATCH] speed up SATA

Stefan Smietanowski
2004-03-28T21:17:12Z

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