On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > A key reason why, years ago, libata used SCSI as a framework was its utility > as a generic driver framework. > > Therefore, it is an obvious requirement that the non-SCSI "driver framework" > code that libata uses must be reimplemented -- in block layer or libata -- > in order to export an ATA disk as a pure block device. > > The latest step towards that goal occurred quite recently: block layer > timeouts. interesting, so will get /dev/ada instead of /dev/sda? anyone one is building block layer for USB disk? will get /dev/uda? YH -- 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