Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 17:53:12 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Some solutions to disk problems.... I think. Message-ID: <199604040753.RAA00290@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> *sigh* The whole point is that _nothing_ other than the 'wd' driver >> should know this; >Why not? When a tape drive or CD-ROM is attached to a SCSI interface, there >are exposed flags for both the SCSI adapter and the drive. This isn't >"special case" code. There are no per-drive flags for SCSI devices. There are at most per- controller flags for ISA SCSI controllers. Even those are unavailable for PCI SCSI controllers. The per-drive wd flags are side effects of hacks for ISA configuration. Bruce
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