Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 15:33:17 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: 6 days to C-DAY Message-ID: <199809082233.PAA01222@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 08 Sep 1998 23:13:30 BST." <Pine.BSF.4.01.9809082310250.15672-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
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> On Mon, 7 Sep 1998, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > > > After more than a year of development, the Common Access Method SCSI layer > > for FreeBSD will be integrated into 3.0-current on Sunday, September 13th. > > The CAM development team is currently busy ensuring that the integration > > process goes as smoothly as possible, so please understand that we may be > > slow to respond to questions about CAM in the days leading up to C-DAY. > > A CAM FAQ is in the works and will be updated as questions surface. Here > > are a few QandAs about CAM and the upcoming integration: > > Will the old scsi framework still be available for people with unsupported > (by CAM) hardware? I'm asking mainly because John Birrell is currently > relying on an old TurboChannel alpha box with an old-style scsi driver and > I don't really expect anyone to update that driver very soon. No. 8( One of the drawbacks is that the conversion is an all-or-nothing change, and it has fingers in almost everything. Converting the driver would probably be simpler than any of the alternatives. -- \\ 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-scsi" in the body of the message
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