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Since the world is moving to DMA and SATA FIS's, is there any chance of un-deprecating IDENTIFY DEVICE DMA ?
It seems to be supported even in many of today's configurations, and I prefer common paths that are 100% non-data or DMA protocols (even for PATA).
Thanks and regards,
Jeff Garzik
one of the Linux SATA guys