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Date:      Sat, 11 Dec 1999 14:48:12 -0700
From:      Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired! 
Message-ID:  <199912112148.dBBLmCQ85894@orthanc.ab.ca>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 11 Dec 1999 11:41:22 %2B0100." <jClSOIKUnyW42bmsIpvU0c8zbK91@4ax.com> 

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>>>>> "Dieter" == Dieter Rothacker <didi@Xterminator.STUDFB.UniBw-Muenchen.de> writes:

    Dieter> Why would you want to define "correct" numbering the
    Dieter> non-spread-out numbering? Or did I misunderstand you?  I
    Dieter> have all my disks as master drives on the channels. Now,
    Dieter> when I hook up another disk for backup or maintenance
    Dieter> purposes, my numbering is messed up.  

Or worse, on a file server where you lose a low-numbered disk, not
only does that one go away, but everything higher numbered loses as
well. This "feature" does nothing other than introduce a gratuitous
backwards-incompatibility. There is nothing wrong with the "old" scheme.
I've loathed this behaviour since it was introduced into SCSI/CAM, 
and would rejoice at its removal.

--lyndon


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