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Raffaele BELARDI wrote: |
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> On 01/09/2013 10:01 AM, Dale wrote: |
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>> < > ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support **(DEPRECATED)** |
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> Yes, I know it is unmaintained and deprecated, I'm looking for a |
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> rational reason to move to the SATA driver when the PATA one works well |
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> with my old drives. The PATA drives are probably going to die before the |
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> PATA driver is moved out of the kernel (if ever) so I might as well wait |
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> for the switch till I need new hardware, or not? |
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> raffaele |
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The drivers are NOT maintained IS the reason. What if there is some |
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sort of bug that you do not know about? That bug is not going to be |
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fixed because you are not using the correct drivers. They have not been |
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updated for at least 8 or 9 years. You really think nothing has been |
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improved in that time? That no bugs have been found? What if they drop |
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it from the kernel? Are you going to stop upgrading the kernel too? At |
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some point, you are going to have to update this. |
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If it was a recent change, then it may be less risky. Given the amount |
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of time it has not been maintained, you are just asking for trouble, |
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whatever that may be. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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