Re: IDE/ATAPI in 2.5

[Pete Zaitcev]

>>I will violently oppose anything that implies that the IDE layer uses the
>>SCSI layer normally.  No way, Jose. I'm all for scrapping, but the thing
>>that should be scrapped is ide-scsi.
> 
> Nobody who has a technical backgroupd and knows what to do wuld ever
> make such a proposal.
> 
> Instead, there needs to be one or more SCSI HA driver as part of the
> SCSI stack. This driver also needs to deal with plain ATA in order
> to be able to coordinate access.
> 
> Jörg

Such driver would only work with ATAPI devices. Joerg, does not
seem to realize that the vast majority of IDE devices do not
support ATAPI at all. As a rule of thumb, winchesters do not,
CD-ROMs and such do, and tapes do too. To make a pseudo-HA
driver which speaks plain IDE and plugs into SCSI subsistem
would saddle the IDE with SCSI limitations, and add one more
layer for no benefit whatsoever.

-- Pete