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Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:19:38 -0500
From: Mark Lord <liml@....ca>
To: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...il.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>,
Richard Heck <rgheck@...jweil.com>,
Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@...ervon.org>,
Zan Lynx <zlynx@....org>,
Calvin Walton <calvin.walton@...il.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Linux ide Mailing list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Problem with ata layer in 2.6.24
Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> I doubt libata has that capability now, or ever will, cuz these ide/atapi
> devices are generally dumber than rocks about that. But any device claiming
> to be scsi-II is supposed to be able to do those sorts of things while the
> cpu is off crunching numbers for BOINC or whatever.
..
The CD/DVD drives all all "MMC" devices internally, which means they speak
a SCSI command protocol. Regardless of the electrical or optical interface.
Linux is software, and the software protocol is exactly the same for them,
no matter what the cable/bus type happens to be.
Cheers
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