From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 20 02:21:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA04706 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 02:21:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA04676 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 02:21:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from j@uriah.heep.sax.de) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id LAA11779 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 11:21:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from j@uriah.heep.sax.de) Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.8.8/8.8.5) id LAA29318; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 11:07:18 +0100 (MET) Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 11:07:18 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <199712201007.LAA29318@uriah.heep.sax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 Reply-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E References: <19971216.233119.5295.1.wakkym@juno.com> From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Subject: Re: atapi.c || wierd hardware X-Original-Newsgroups: local.freebsd.hackers To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk (Please, honor the reply-to header.) Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > I conclude from this that vendors often have peculiar understanding of > "standards"... The so-called ATA `standard' always makes for a good laugh at carneval time. Go, and fetch a copy before the next carneval season is coming. ;-) I'm always surprised that the drives manufactured after this document do still work to an astonishing degree. IMHO, this required more research on the manufacturer's end than just a copy of that document. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)