Re: [PATCH] libata: write cache and read ahead

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On 08/24/05 06:04, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> SAT is the useful piece of libata that makes everything work.  You can't 
> rip out it and still expect to do anything useful ;-)
> 
> libata relies on SCSI's device class drivers -- sd, sr, st, sg -- to 
> manage devices and generate commands to service.  And in turn, we rely 
> on SAT (libata-scsi.c) to translate device class commands into ATA commands.
> 
> If the SAT layer went away, then nothing would exist to generate 
> commands for libata to service.

Ok, makes sense and requires minimal effort.  I like it.

	Luben
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