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!
