From: Itai Nahshon <nahshon@actcom.co.il>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, pavel@suse.cz (Pavel Machek)
Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), pavel@suse.cz (Pavel Machek),
andre@linux-ide.org (Andre Hedrick),
wakko@animx.eu.org (Wakko Warner),
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (Linux Kernel Mailing List)
Subject: Re: IDE and hot-swap disk caddies
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 02:01:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200203280001.g2S01cb12720@lmail.actcom.co.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E16qMGm-0006J0-00@the-village.bc.nu>
On Thursday 28 March 2002 00:51 am, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I have seen USB mass storage devices with ide connector on them, so it
> > is certainly possible to translate between scsi and ide. If it makes
> > sense from performance standpoint.... I don't know.
I have one of these. The performance that I get is really poor and there
are some quirks but it is still useful. I will be _very happy_ when I will be
able to use it for system installation/upgrade (which did not happen yet).
>
> SCSI->IDE command translation isnt too hard providing you stick to simple
> stuff and blindly ignore things like ATAPI, SMART, and all the control
> stuff. The moment you get into the complex stuff its deeply unfunny.
>
What are the prospects of seeing SCSI and IDE code (and internal
programming interface) unified? How much can be unified until
performace considerations and code complexity mandates a separation?
-- Itai
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-03-28 0:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-03-25 9:32 John Summerfield
2002-03-25 15:56 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-25 19:34 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-03-25 19:55 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-25 20:26 ` Wakko Warner
2002-03-25 21:20 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-03-25 22:32 ` Wakko Warner
2002-03-26 0:11 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-03-26 18:52 ` Pavel Machek
2002-03-27 22:38 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-27 22:29 ` Pavel Machek
2002-03-27 22:47 ` Pedro M. Rodrigues
2002-03-27 23:21 ` Jos Hulzink
2002-03-28 11:37 ` Jos Hulzink
2002-03-27 22:51 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-28 0:01 ` Itai Nahshon [this message]
2002-03-28 0:11 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-03-27 23:53 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-03-25 23:16 ` John Summerfield
2002-03-26 3:32 ` Mark Lord
2002-03-26 5:28 ` Jeremy Jackson
2002-03-26 8:21 ` DE " jw schultz
2002-03-26 19:01 ` Pavel Machek
2002-03-27 22:34 ` jw schultz
2002-03-27 23:17 ` Jos Hulzink
2002-03-27 23:57 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-03-28 0:17 ` Erik Andersen
2002-03-28 0:23 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-03-28 0:31 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-03-28 0:40 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-03-28 2:02 ` IDE " Jeremy Jackson
2002-03-28 9:33 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-28 9:28 ` Simon Richter
2002-03-28 16:25 ` Jeremy Jackson
2002-03-28 9:33 ` DE " Jos Hulzink
2002-03-28 0:37 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-28 0:27 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-03-28 4:24 ` Chuck Campbell
2002-03-28 4:32 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-03-28 8:00 ` Martin Dalecki
2002-03-28 8:21 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-03-28 9:01 ` Martin Dalecki
2002-03-28 9:39 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-28 9:50 ` Offtopic: " Jos Hulzink
2002-03-28 9:53 ` Martin Dalecki
2002-03-28 18:31 ` Herman Oosthuysen
2002-03-28 9:29 ` Jos Hulzink
2002-03-26 22:53 ` IDE " John Summerfield
2002-03-28 16:46 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-03-28 18:10 ` Mark Lord
2002-03-28 20:59 ` John Summerfield
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0203252353380.25706-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>
2002-03-26 23:59 ` John Summerfield
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0203271134090.28872-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>
2002-03-31 13:01 ` John Summerfield
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