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Here is a list of possible subjects for ATA/ATAPI-8 to consider.
These are mostly gleaned from the outstanding issues list and from comments
made at this week's October 2003 plenary meeting.
These are not necessarily for discussion at this time. I am just 'priming
the pump'
for others to add other suggestions to the list for December when we submit
a proposal
for an ATA/ATAPI-8 project.
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* Serial ATA
- external interface (connectors, electrical, etc.)
- serial ATAPI
- LED
- various issues involving bridges
e03132r1 - ATAPI DMA Direction issues Proposal
- incorporation of SATA 1.0a errata
- incorporation of SATA-2 new features (native command queuing, etc.)
* (e03138r0) Enterprise Extensions Smart Accessed (EESA)
* (e02126r1) Write Wrong Proposal
* ISO standardization
* and some large questions to consider:
- should support for PIO be dropped ?
- should ATA/ATAPI-8 be the final standard to include parallel ATA ?
- redo command volume to be interface-agnostic ?
- redo command volume to be FIS-based ?
Thank You !!!
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Jim Hatfield
ATA Interface Firmware & T13 (ATA/ATAPI) Standards Representative
Seagate Technology - PSG
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