Re: [PATCH 00/68] ide2libata

From: Alan Cox
Date: Tue Feb 02 2010 - 18:27:18 EST


> If the drivers get truly shared between IDE and ATA, that
> presumption is entirely removed, the ATA testers will
> be hitting the same driver code that whatever remaining
> IDE users will be.

Assuming the data structures matching does that is a bit like assuming
you can test one TCP stack using another one because they use the same
packet format.

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