Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264265AbTEZFC4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 May 2003 01:02:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264266AbTEZFC4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 May 2003 01:02:56 -0400 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:5136 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264265AbTEZFCz (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 May 2003 01:02:55 -0400 Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 22:15:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Jeff Garzik cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BK PATCHES] add ata scsi driver In-Reply-To: <20030526045833.GA27204@gtf.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 757 Lines: 19 On Mon, 26 May 2003, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Just to echo some comments I said in private, this driver is _not_ > a replacement for drivers/ide. This is not, and has never been, > the intention. In fact, I need drivers/ide's continued existence, > so that I may have fewer boundaries on future development. Just out of interest, is there any _point_ to this driver? I can appreciate the approach, but I'd like to know if it does anything (at all) better than the native IDE driver? Faster? Anything? Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/