Re: Problem with ata layer in 2.6.24

[Mark Lord]

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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