From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC8FE138394 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 10:36:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C97B621C2B1; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 10:36:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gg0-f179.google.com (mail-gg0-f179.google.com [209.85.161.179]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1056C21C2D3 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 10:35:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-gg0-f179.google.com with SMTP id q1so279606gge.10 for ; Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:35:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=QJ4zavidfokuDhoo6o8vaoMO//aRC4n9k+XCaZE+jec=; b=Z58BUfKk9DubNbK7+D+Ow+GotL/pSXsOkBn+X2GJR5slqHqp3P3SNDYnI0LClNTwjW 04ds236J5NvqIoPt3iAxEPvoqlNvJa29i1P9l3Tf0ZOSoeutCZosLhfKz/evXnZ7uIbg O1gIXr4s7f0djg9vV8lxZs8pHqxXyCZLjRenDovpBrCPKKm/aFAVlG4yR9UFYsYkOL8V Uni5oZLEyTgVmBY4FDNBe+bj58yCwhHQn2ePRp+/GUBfTqcUw78hDKiZpBErIB2kaQjP qsJXX9khokmAbJFl3ch+kuOPTlnlK78ABp1Fbl84IkA3r99onzuYgzV7FjMvgeYE+dS9 UudA== X-Received: by 10.236.54.138 with SMTP id i10mr76634119yhc.23.1357727708278; Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:35:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-94-18.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.94.18]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t3sm65910861ane.4.2013.01.09.02.35.06 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:35:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <50ED47DA.8090909@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:35:06 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/17.0 SeaMonkey/2.14.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] PATA vs SATA kernel driver (was: 4 machines - no /dev/cdrom or /dev/dvd anymore) References: <50ED1969.3010309@st.com> <50ED3205.5050803@gmail.com> <50ED3EF5.1090800@st.com> In-Reply-To: <50ED3EF5.1090800@st.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: d3a3c011-886b-4ebb-bc87-21f6f9d5cea5 X-Archives-Hash: be26bab33a8a65d6a4729f48f5a1d436 Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > On 01/09/2013 10:01 AM, Dale wrote: >> < > ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support **(DEPRECATED)** >> > Yes, I know it is unmaintained and deprecated, I'm looking for a > rational reason to move to the SATA driver when the PATA one works well > with my old drives. The PATA drives are probably going to die before the > PATA driver is moved out of the kernel (if ever) so I might as well wait > for the switch till I need new hardware, or not? > > raffaele > The drivers are NOT maintained IS the reason. What if there is some sort of bug that you do not know about? That bug is not going to be fixed because you are not using the correct drivers. They have not been updated for at least 8 or 9 years. You really think nothing has been improved in that time? That no bugs have been found? What if they drop it from the kernel? Are you going to stop upgrading the kernel too? At some point, you are going to have to update this. If it was a recent change, then it may be less risky. Given the amount of time it has not been maintained, you are just asking for trouble, whatever that may be. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!