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Gary Laatsch wrote:
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I guess you have seen what I have seen and you will probably get an explanation from Hale on how ATA really works (from the spec side), but some of us have seen the real world where devices just seem to do things a little different sometimes. get ready for a "HUH, SAY WHAT?" for this post.
Nope... There are a lot of devices out there, mostly ATAPI, that do not conform to the ATA/ATAPI command protocols. Those are broken devices and they need to be called broken devices. We should not be changing the ATA/ATAPI command protocols just because some engineer didn't read the standard and someone purchased and shipped those broken devices. Sure, there are good reasons why companies purchase and ship those broken devices but that doesn't mean the ATA/ATAPI standard should be changed so that the devices conform.
Hale
