Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:09:14 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org>, Karl Denninger <karl@Denninger.Net>, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OnStream SCSI drives Message-ID: <199905271809.LAA15473@mina.sr.hp.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 May 1999 10:11:18 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905271000550.64523-100000@semuta.feral.com>
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Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> wrote:
> I got the documentation for this device and got a drive unit, and took a
> quick look at this today (I have to be gone until next tuesday- my flight
> leaves in a couple of hours).
Thanks for the update. I'm surprised (but glad!) that you
obtained the documenatation so quickly. OnStream just contacted me
yesterday, offering me a copy of their documentation; however, they told
me that it wouldn't be available until June 7.
> The support for this is going to be quite complex. Not only is it the
> various modifications to commands (must have 'immediate' bit set, etc..),
> but it means that:
Yow. Ackptuii.
How are you thinking of handling this? I was thinking of a
userland driver program, but it sounds like you're considering kernel
driver foo. If you can, great.
> I'll ask Onstream if they mind the information going out so if others have
> more aggressive schedules they can try to implement this sooner if they
> lke, but you'd better coordinate with me on this.
It sounds like you've got slightly more time than me. If you
weren't going to do it, I'd give it a shot, but I'll let you do it. I
can help with testing, though.
--
Darryl Okahata
darrylo@sr.hp.com
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