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From: Douglas McNaught <doug@mcnaught.org>
To: SN <talk2sumit@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: USB Mass Storage
Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 08:29:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2wtq4630x.fsf@Douglas-McNaughts-Powerbook.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1458d96105051201317c49500c@mail.gmail.com> (SN's message of "Thu, 12 May 2005 14:01:35 +0530")

SN <talk2sumit@gmail.com> writes:

> If I use a USB connected hard-disk (IDE), which device driver would I
> be using? I understand it is recognized as a SCSI disk. So, is it the
> SCSI driver? Or would the IDE driver be used?

It would be the SCSI layer running on top of the USB drivers.  No IDE
involved on the PC side (obviously the USB enclosure has an IDE
controller, but it's driven by the enclsure firmware, not Linux).

-Doug

      parent reply	other threads:[~2005-05-12 12:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-05-12  8:31 SN
2005-05-12 12:14 ` Carlos Martin
2005-05-12 12:23   ` SN
2005-05-12 12:29 ` Douglas McNaught [this message]

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