Re: [PATCH] speed up SATA

Jeff Garzik
2004-03-28T21:26:25Z

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