From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 23:27:48 +0000 >> If the drivers get truly shared between IDE and ATA, that >> presumption is entirely removed, the ATA testers will >> be hitting the same driver code that whatever remaining >> IDE users will be. > > Assuming the data structures matching does that is a bit like assuming > you can test one TCP stack using another one because they use the same > packet format. I don't really think those two situations are the same. And Bart's patch set show that things are pretty darn close already. -- 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