Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261755AbVELMsa (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 May 2005 08:48:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261807AbVELMsa (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 May 2005 08:48:30 -0400 Received: from sp-260-1.net4.netcentrix.net ([4.21.254.118]:37387 "EHLO asmodeus.mcnaught.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261755AbVELMs3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 May 2005 08:48:29 -0400 To: SN Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: USB Mass Storage References: <1458d96105051201317c49500c@mail.gmail.com> From: Douglas McNaught Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 08:29:34 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1458d96105051201317c49500c@mail.gmail.com> (SN's message of "Thu, 12 May 2005 14:01:35 +0530") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (darwin) 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: 679 Lines: 16 SN writes: > If I use a USB connected hard-disk (IDE), which device driver would I > be using? I understand it is recognized as a SCSI disk. So, is it the > SCSI driver? Or would the IDE driver be used? It would be the SCSI layer running on top of the USB drivers. No IDE involved on the PC side (obviously the USB enclosure has an IDE controller, but it's driven by the enclsure firmware, not Linux). -Doug - 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/