Michael Prokop <[email protected]>:
[...]
> * PATA provides the old IDE subsystem (/dev/hdX), considered as
> legacy code.
> * LIBATA is the new subsystem (/dev/sdX) with new features, but some
> old IDE systems might not work with it.
Okay, the advantage in using PATA is backwards compatibility, which is
a good thing[tm].
The advantage of libata are the "new features".
For an educated decision, it would be good to know some drawbacks
involved when reverting from libata. In other words: what does the
user lose if grml reverts to pata?
Regards, Frank
--
In protocol design, perfection has been reached not when there is
nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
-- RFC 1925
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