Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264271AbTEZFX2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 May 2003 01:23:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264272AbTEZFX2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 May 2003 01:23:28 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:19605 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264271AbTEZFX1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 May 2003 01:23:27 -0400 Message-ID: <3ED1A7DB.1000507@pobox.com> Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 01:36:27 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik Organization: none User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021213 Debian/1.2.1-2.bunk X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BK PATCHES] add ata scsi driver References: <3ED1A664.1020307@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <3ED1A664.1020307@pobox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 715 Lines: 24 Jeff Garzik wrote: > So, I conclude: faster, smaller, and better future direction. IMO, of > course :) As a FWIW, this driver is mainly intended as a Serial ATA driver. It just happens to do PATA by coincedence (i.e. because it makes devel easier for me). For example, current Intel SATA is "PATA, but without the timing junk." I think with SATA + drivers/ide, you reach a point of diminishing returns versus amount of time spent on mid-layer coding. Jeff - 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/