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>Here is a list of possible subjects for ATA/ATAPI-8 to consider.
>
>* Serial ATA
>  - serial ATAPI

Really? There is or will be such a thing? That should be fun.

>  - LED

What about the LED? Oh yea... You are probably talking about the fact
that
on today SATA controllers the LED is useless. Why do the SATA
controllers
even both to implement it especially when it is rarely ever on long
enough
to be seen? (Just another example of how SATA is different from
PATA).

>* and some large questions to consider:
>  - should support for PIO be dropped ?

Huh? Can you go into more detail about this idea?

>  - should ATA/ATAPI-8 be the final standard to include parallel ATA ?

ATA/ATAPI-7 should be the final standard incorporating SATA. SATA
should
be placed into its own standard separate from ATA/ATAPI-8 PATA.

>  - redo command volume to be interface-agnostic ?
>  - redo command volume to be FIS-based ?

Of course - separate PATA and SATA into their own documents and
this is a done deal.

Hale



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