> -----Original Message----- > From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: Andy Falanga (afalanga) <afalanga@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Please help me to understand the interaction of the > various ATA drivers > Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 08:09:54 -0700 > > Why don't you just send your ATA taskfile as ATA_12 or ATA_16 CDB > through the device node ans save yourself all the work of writing a > driver? 2 reasons mainly. First, I have a need to read the entire HBA and port register set. Second, in some situations, a device node isn't present. Having said that, however, what you propose interests me. Forgive my ignorance but it sounds like there's a method of executing ATA commands without using sg. Is this true? ��.n��������+%������w��{.n�����{��'^�)��jg��������ݢj����G�������j:+v���w�m������w�������h�����٥