On 8/30/07, Rene Herman <rene.herman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 08/30/2007 09:31 PM, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > > On Aug 28 2007 19:05, Rene Herman wrote: > > >> Sheesh. How could anyone _not_ understand you need SCSI CD-ROM support > >> for your IDE DVD-RW drive... > > > > Welcome to the wonderful world of SCSIfying ATA. (Don't talk about ATAPI, > > USB/Firewire, it's a different matter.) > > Well -- the world where ATA, SCSI, USB, Firewire and what have you are > low-level drivers to a unifying storage layer is under non too obscure > definitions sort of not non-wonderful... > USB / Firewire / FC / iSCSI are all SCSI transports and fit within the SCSI subsystem by design. ie. Just like ethernet, DSL, T-1, etc can all carry IP traffic with no conceptual conflict, many media by design carry SCSI traffic. The PATA and SATA physical layer typically carry ATA commands and having them tied into the SCSI stack is an aberration that I hope will be eliminated some day. ATAPI is an exception. Not sure where that would end up in a perfect world. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
