Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> writes:
> Well, some googleing around seems to indicate that Serial ATA I/ATA-6 has
> Tagged Command Queueing (TCQ) which is adding this feature specifically.
> Whether it is a mandatory part of the spec I don't know.
Yeah? If so, and *if fully implemented* on both sides of the interface,
this would eliminate the architectural advantages I was just sketching
for SCSI. I can't claim to be up on what's happening in the IDE/ATA
world though...
regards, tom lane