Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 09:33:09 +0000 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: sos@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert), current@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TESTERS WANTED for new ATAPI CD/CDR/CDRW driver. Message-ID: <199808150936.JAA00459@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 15 Aug 1998 08:25:13 %2B0200." <199808150625.IAA03408@sos.freebsd.dk>
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> > > This is a snapshot of my work in progress on the new ATA/ATAPI subsystem. > > > Please dont distribute this, only use it for testing, as it is > > > alpha level code which is undergoing rapid changes. > > > > I didn't see CAM in there; are you making it fit under CAM? NetBSD > > has unified their device model this wat, with apparently good results... > > There is no CAM in there. There might be a hook in the ata driver > to register the ATAPI devices through CAM later. Acessing ATA disk > devices through CAM is not planned. You've changed your mind *again*? For what it's worth, I don't see much value in treating ATA disks as though they were SCSI disks; the overhead in translation is probably too high. On the other hand, I'm less sure about things that use the ATAPI packet protocol. Still, and more importantly, you're the one doing the work. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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