is SATA considered experimental in Linux?

[Tom Metro]

dsr at tao.merseine.nu wrote:
>>>SATA is handled by a completely different set of drivers; old
>>>kernels won't have these and cannot use SATA drives. New kernels
>>>display them as SCSI drives.
>>
>>So presuming you do have a new kernel, is SATA considered experimental?
> 
> It is not listed as an experimental kernel feature, and I have
> not had problems with SATA on Debian 2.6 kernels.

Good to know. Thanks.

  -Tom