Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:37:30 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org>, mjacob@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/cam/scsi scsi_sg.c scsi_sg.h src/sys/modules/cam Makefile src/sys/conf NOTES files src/sys/compat/linux linux_ioctl.c linux_ioctl.h Message-ID: <4618475A.7090202@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20070407190859.N51247@thebighonker.lerctr.org> References: <200704071940.l37Jew2t013708@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070407131228.L71232@ns1.feral.com> <46183104.6080904@samsco.org> <20070407190859.N51247@thebighonker.lerctr.org>
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Larry Rosenman wrote: > On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Scott Long wrote: > >> To tell you the truth, the SG device has one of the worst programming >> interfaces that I've ever seen. Even the various official docs on it >> complain about how bad it is. I've written apps for CAM, including a >> swiss-army-knife java-based management app, and CAM is vastly superior. >> I tried porting the app to linux and gave up due to how limited and >> unpleasant it was. From the kernel side, it's even scarier. >> >> But beyond that, the work I committed here was about opening up FreeBSD >> to more storage management opportunities. So I'm happy with whatever >> anyone wants to do with it that furthers that goal. I'd like to see >> the native interface be used as a bridge to help introduce programmers >> to FreeBSD and CAM; if the sg3_utils package is a step in that >> direction or if it provides tools that camcontrol doesn't, then go for >> it. >> >> Scott >> > I assume that this is NOT a MFC candidate? (Since I think I may have been > at least part of the genesis of the request from Roman). > > [snip] There's no reason not to merge it to 6.x; it doesn't change any existing functionality or interfaces. What I'd like is for people to play with it for a few weeks and help fill in some of the pieces that are still missing. Once it's a little more mature, it can be merged back. Scott
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