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Mark Overby wrote:
If drive manufacturers are going to continue to use the retired codes and don't ever want to reclaim them, then we should move the definition to obsolete instead of retired. (Obsolete prohibits reclamation)
That would be OK... But...
3) Both the 9xH and ExH power management command codes are mandatory for CFA ATA devices.
... I would still recommend reserving those command codes for CFA still they still require and use them.
Hale -- ++ Hale Landis ++ www.ata-atapi.com ++
