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On Sun, 2003-05-25 at 13:19, john@grabjohn.com wrote:
> > > Thinking ahead, by the 2.8 timescale, PATA could well be legacy hardw=
are=20
> > > which could be supported only by an 'old' IDE driver, much like we al=
ready
> > > have at the moment - I.E. we could remove the current 'old' IDE drive=
r
> > > sometime during the 2.7 timescale, and support SATA only via the SCSI=
layer.
>=20
> > 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=20
> > it to vanish this quickly. For example, think about compact flash card=
s,
> > many of which are still driven using PIO mode accesses in todays PDAs.
>=20
> Why couldn't PDAs be served by the 'old' driver then? Old doesn't mean o=
bsolete.
>=20
> Also embedded world !=3D PDAs. I was thinking more of things like PVRs, =
and blade
> servers. What about solid state video cameras? Are they going to use PI=
O mode
> ATA?
on common misunderstanding ; PATA !=3D PIO mode ATA but Parallel ATA, as
opposed to Serial ATA
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