From owner-cvs-sys Sun Oct 12 06:18:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA20240 for cvs-sys-outgoing; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 06:18:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-sys) Received: from pluto.plutotech.com (root@mail.plutotech.com [206.168.67.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA20166; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 06:17:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gibbs@plutotech.com) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by pluto.plutotech.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA25654; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 07:16:55 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199710121316.HAA25654@pluto.plutotech.com> To: Adam David cc: joerg@FreeBSD.ORG (Joerg Wunsch), cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/scsi scsi_base.c sd.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 12 Oct 1997 13:01:59 -0000." <199710121302.NAA14798@veda.is> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 07:16:20 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> Instead, call scsi_start_unit() once in sd_attach(), so in case the >> drive has been configured to `remote start', it will spin up there. > >makes sense. > >> (If it has spun down later, it must have been because of administrator >> action (scsi(8)) anyway.) > >The bt (44x) controller spins down disks when it stops taking commands. >It would be nice to somehow recover from this without rebooting, but that >is obviously elsewhere. Help write a CAM Buslogic driver, and you will have your wish. >-- >Adam David -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================