Re: [PATCH] IDE 58

[Martin Dalecki]

Uz.ytkownik Anton Altaparmakov napisa?:
> At 11:25 08/05/02, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> 
>> Terminology in 2.5:
>> We have a host chip set or shortly a host chip. This is implementing the
>> ATA interface on the side of the motherboard.
>> The host chip is providing two channels. A primary and a secondary
>> one. To a channel we can attach two devices, however we use the term
>> drive instead in code becouse the termi device is quite overloaded with
>> meaning already. The devices are enumerated as units. That's it.
>> Far more natural then hwif hwgrp and so on. IDE is the Integrated Device
>> Electronic - the microcontroller stuff I don't care that much about.
> 
> 
> </me ignorant>Um, what about the IDE PCI cards which have 4 channels on 
> them? Like these two:
> 
> Adaptec 2400 4Ch IDE Raid Controller
> RocketRaid 404 4Ch ATA133 Raid Host Adaptor

They appear as SCSI on the host side.