> Rubbish. PIO mode ATA will be around for some years to come - there
> is just too much invested there (especially in the embedded world) for
> it to vanish this quickly. For example, think about compact flash cards,
> many of which are still driven using PIO mode accesses in todays PDAs.
Why couldn't PDAs be served by the 'old' driver then? Old doesn't mean obsolete.
Also embedded world != PDAs. I was thinking more of things like PVRs, and blade
servers. What about solid state video cameras? Are they going to use PIO mode
ATA?
John.
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