Re: Merging libata PATA support into the base kernel

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Tue Aug 15 2006 - 09:58:35 EST


Matthieu CASTET wrote:
On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:47:07 -0400, Mark Lord wrote:
And libata already has sufficient ioctl compatibility for nearly all
purposes with the old drivers/ide stuff. Yes, there are some more
esoteric ioctls that I once implemented in drivers/ide that do not
exist for libata, and nobody will miss them.

IRRC, there nothing for ATAPI ioctl compatibility, there only things for
ATA.

What _specifically_ is missing, in your opinion?

Jeff



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