* Takahashi Yoshihiro <[email protected]> wrote: > In article <[email protected]> > Alexander Motin <[email protected]> writes: > > > While preparing wrapping ATA(4) low-level drivers code into CAM SIM, I > > would like to remove CHS addressing support to make code cleaner. CHS > > addressing is officially declared obsoleted and replaced by LBA. Since > > ATA/ATAPI-6 specification (October 2001) it is even no longer > > documented. > > > > Have anybody seen ATA drive without LBA support in last years? > > Any other objections against removing it? > > PC98 uses CHS addressing because the internal interface works for very > old HDD only, so I hope it remains if possible. But if you need a lot > of works for CHS support, I agree to remove it.
Wouldn't it be possible to keep the old ATA code in the tree for users who want to use stuff like this? -- Ed Schouten <[email protected]> WWW: http://80386.nl/
pgpfeP5H40r65.pgp
Description: PGP signature
