Al Youngwerth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sorry, I just had to get in my two bits about this...
No problem. > The drive's CPU can always make better decisions about reordering = > requests because it knows the details of the drive's parameters and > its = current state. A drive's CPU can reorder requests based upon > seek AND = latency; the system's CPU cannot. I see your point. I was mostly just voicing a general preference about avoiding embedded systems. In this case using the embedded control might be warranted, but in general, embedded systems are a real pain to deal with, and most people can't do much to fix them when they're broken. -- Rob