From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Sep 11 21:20: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2213B37B422 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2000 21:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id VAA23556; Mon, 11 Sep 2000 21:20:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 21:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200009120420.VAA23556@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: csg@waterspout.com (C. Stephen Gunn) Subject: Re: bin/21178: voltag selector, and unload support for chio(1) Reply-To: csg@waterspout.com (C. Stephen Gunn) Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/21178; it has been noted by GNATS. From: csg@waterspout.com (C. Stephen Gunn) To: "Kenneth D. Merry" Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, ajk@waterspout.com Subject: Re: bin/21178: voltag selector, and unload support for chio(1) Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:21:45 -0500 On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 00:56:23 CST, "Kenneth D. Merry" wrote: I've put a new patch online, same location: http://www.physics.purdue.edu/~csg/FreeBSD/chio.patch Some cleanups, command name changes, sanity check some pointers. > I'd suggest looking at them as well, even if it won't be used very often. > (I've moved things from pickers and portals often enough, though.) Done. > I also wonder about the 'unload' keyword. It almost sounds like something > you might use to eject a tape or something. What about calling it 'return' > instead? (I don't feel really strongly about this, but I figure we ought > to make things intuitive, if possible.) I slept on this, and 'return' makes as much sense (if not more) than 'unload' since it will work on any media unit that has a source attribute. > Anyway, I'll try to give the patch a more thorough look-over in the next > few days. I won't be able to do more than that before committing it, > though, since I don't have a test changer anymore. (You've obviously > tested it, though, so we should be okay in that department.) Seems to work for me (tm). Those who looked at it the first time are on the cc: line. Have another look if you want. :) - Steve -- C. Stephen Gunn URL: http://www.waterspout.com/ WaterSpout Communications, Inc. Email: csg@waterspout.com 427 North 6th Street Phone: +1 765.742.6628 Lafayette, IN 47901 Fax: +1 765.742.0646 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message