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Date:      Wed, 12 May 2010 08:35:29 -0600
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        Matthew Jacob <mj@feral.com>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, Ronald Klop <ronald-freebsd8@thuis.klop.ws>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Matt Jacob <mjacob@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r207933 - head/sys/cam/scsi
Message-ID:  <9039EF21-1DAA-445F-95D5-02CB6E0DDF7D@samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <4BEABB45.8030401@feral.com>
References:  <201005112222.o4BMM1uq012874@svn.freebsd.org> <op.vckz6rn98527sy@212-123-145-58.ip.telfort.nl> <4BEAB941.1000009@feral.com> <C7291FD1-DB94-4A1F-87CD-A93DC2699CB4@samsco.org> <4BEABB45.8030401@feral.com>

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On May 12, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Matthew Jacob wrote:

> On 5/12/2010 7:23 AM, Scott Long wrote:
>> On May 12, 2010, at 8:20 AM, Matthew Jacob wrote:
>>  =20
>>> Ow. No need to be rude :-).
>>>=20
>>> No, I didn't, why do you ask?
>>>=20
>>>    =20
>>>> Wow, did you copy this from windows? :-)
>>>>      =20
>>>    =20
>> Actually I'm impressed that someone is using my code.  I wrote it on =
a dare to see just how horrid the linux SG interface really is, and I =
wasn't disappointed.
>>=20
>> Scott
>>=20
>>  =20
> It turns out that Panasas is using the Java bundle from LSI on FreeBSD =
for Santricity management. It opens /dev/sg**. There's a change =
somewhere else to manage some 64 and 32 bit compatibility issues I'm =
going to pull in.
>=20
> No matter how bad Linux can be in many respects, it has market share, =
and it benefits freebsd to be able to support tools, no matter how =
broken, from that platform.
>=20

Yup, and that's exactly why I checked it into the tree instead of =
burning it while performing pagan dances under a full moon =3D-)

> The reason I also hit this situation is my virtual fake HBA has one =
test mode where it creates 2000 da devices. That's why I found this =
funny one for sg.
> And, it turns out, this is not just a cosmetic issue.
>=20

Thanks for taking an interest in it and fixing bugs.

Scott




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