Hard drive spec change

Wed Mar 10 21:30:50 UTC 2010

On 2010/03/10 15:22 (GMT-0600) Mike Chambers composed:

> Hadn't seen this discussed yet (not really a big hardware geek), and
> just saw an article about this today.  Are we (linux as a whole) ready
> for this or getting ready, or already using it?

> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361156,00.asp

The change is for the benefit of manufacturers, not users. Readiness is only
spotty. The discussion has been extensive and ongoing on the linux-ide
mailing list.
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