From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 27 15:33:51 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C48937B400; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:33:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net (hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFC8F43E6E; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:33:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from pool0470.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.193.215] helo=mindspring.com) by hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17jnCW-0006uK-00; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:44:36 -0700 Message-ID: <3D6BE474.B3940434@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:43:32 -0700 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Soeren Schmidt Cc: Ian Dowse , Bruce M Simpson , n_hibma@FreeBSD.ORG, joe@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB->ATA devices References: <200208271536.g7RFapYX004079@freebsd.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Soeren Schmidt wrote: > It seems Ian Dowse wrote: > > There are many possible ATA/ATAPI over USB protocols, so turning > > the ATA request into one or more USB transfers is a bridge-specific > > operation. Basically these odd protocols exist because the manufacturers > > of the various bridges have decided to cut corners and not implement > > the standard USB mass storage interface. > > Sounds like a can of worms better left unopened... Or a "CAM of worms"? 8-). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message