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Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> writes:

> On Saturday, November 10, 2018 at 4:30:43 PM UTC-7, F. Russell wrote:
>> On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 17:26:18 -0500, DFS wrote:
>> 
>> > 
>> > <quote>
>> > SATA = SCSI(SAS)!  That's EQUALS!  It's the SAME FUCKING THING!
>> > </quote>
>> > 
>> 
>> That is ABSOLUTE PERFECT INDISPUTABLE IRREFUTABLE TRUTH.
>
> No it isn't. Using the same API doesn't make the hardware "the SAME".
> For someone who complained about DFS not knowing hardware, this
> is an ironic error on your part.

He is close enough in this context. The APIs are often designed to hide
the HW differences by patching in SW what one target HW can not do - or
sometimes even doing "nothing". This is not new and one of the reasons
for multi-platform APIs.