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is SATA considered experimental in Linux?

Subject: is SATA considered experimental in Linux?
From: blu at vl.com (Tom Metro)
Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 21:58:19 -0400
In-reply-to: <42F6B903.1090507@thekramers.net>
References: <42F45E07.405@thekramers.net> <42F6B0F2.3010500@vl.com> <42F6B903.1090507@thekramers.net>

David Kramer wrote:
>> Or, if you're really concerned about 
>> performance, buy a SATA controller...
> 
> My motherboard already does SATA, but it's my understanding this is 
> still experimental in Linux.

I hadn't heard that. I just assumed that the differences between PATA 
and SATA would be dealt with by the controller chip and would have 
minimal, if any, impact on the IDE driver.

  -Tom

Follow-Ups:
- is SATA considered experimental in Linux?
  - From: me at mattgillen.net (Matthew Gillen)
- is SATA considered experimental in Linux?
  - From: dsr at tao.merseine.nu (dsr at tao.merseine.nu)

References:
- Wiring up IDE devices
  - From: david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)

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