From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Dec 31 17:06:46 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id RAA05542 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Tue, 31 Dec 1996 17:06:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from hda.hda.com (ip58-max1-fitch.ziplink.net [199.232.245.58]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id RAA05531; Tue, 31 Dec 1996 17:05:51 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.hda.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA20316; Tue, 31 Dec 1996 20:00:55 -0500 From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199701010100.UAA20316@hda.hda.com> Subject: Re: Iomega SCSI Zip Drive In-Reply-To: <199612312251.JAA15714@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from Bruce Evans at "Jan 1, 97 09:51:01 am" To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 20:00:55 -0500 (EST) Cc: core@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.org, j@uriah.heep.sax.de X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >In the long run, i would see all removable disks go to `od'. We could > >then continue to improve the `sd' driver for fixed media devices. > > `od' is an odd name for a removable scsi disk driver. "od" should be the type-specific driver for a SCSI device that claims to be an "optical memory device". The optical memory device has specific behavior defined for some commands in the SCSI-II spec. Being "od" need not require removable media (granted I don't see the advantage of a fixed "od"). Peter -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime Machine Control and Simulation HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936