Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:32:26 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: robh@imdb.com (Rob Hartill) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: grok ? Message-ID: <199703191732.KAA13800@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970319161348.16052A-100000@localhost> from "Rob Hartill" at Mar 19, 97 04:19:43 pm
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> >From 2.2's LINT > > # enable tagged command queueing, which is a major performance win on > # devices that support it (and controllers with enough SCB's) > # > # Note that some drives claim to grok tagged commands, but actually > # don't. The HP C3725S is a known offender. > options AHC_TAGENABLE > > "grok" isn't in my vocabulary. I assume it means "support" or "handle" It's from a Heinlein novel (perhaps _Stranger in a Strange Land_? Sorry, I can't recall things that I've read that long ago... Maybe _I will Fear No Evil_?). Basically, it means "understand" (though in the Heinlein context it meant far more...) --don
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