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Hi Gents

When trying to get out from multiple ATAPI devices same operation, I generally have to 
implement
different sequence of ATAPI calls on existing parallel based devices.
Could ATA/ATAPI-8 force some better identification of supported features with a 
"labelled"
multimedia command set : ATAPI-8 ?

Thanks for reading
Gilles Molli�
STMicroelectronics


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I'll throw into the hat:

Defining a session (host) layer if the commands change away from task-file
based to FIS-based.

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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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