From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 11 15:35:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09AE514D70 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 1999 15:35:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: from yedi.iaf.nl (uucp@localhost) by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (8.9.2/8.9.2) with UUCP id XAA08146; Sat, 11 Dec 1999 23:34:35 +0100 (MET) Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA21425; Sat, 11 Dec 1999 23:18:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wilko) Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 23:18:31 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Lyndon Nerenberg Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired! Message-ID: <19991211231831.B21336@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <199912112148.dBBLmCQ85894@orthanc.ab.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <199912112148.dBBLmCQ85894@orthanc.ab.ca>; from lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca on Sat, Dec 11, 1999 at 02:48:12PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Dec 11, 1999 at 02:48:12PM -0700, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > >>>>> "Dieter" == Dieter Rothacker writes: > > Dieter> Why would you want to define "correct" numbering the > Dieter> non-spread-out numbering? Or did I misunderstand you? I > Dieter> have all my disks as master drives on the channels. Now, > Dieter> when I hook up another disk for backup or maintenance > Dieter> purposes, my numbering is messed up. > > Or worse, on a file server where you lose a low-numbered disk, not > only does that one go away, but everything higher numbered loses as > well. This "feature" does nothing other than introduce a gratuitous > backwards-incompatibility. There is nothing wrong with the "old" scheme. > I've loathed this behaviour since it was introduced into SCSI/CAM, > and would rejoice at its removal. I don't see why one should not wire-down the SCSI devices to whatever one's preference is. This works just brilliantly. But maybe it is that me having a small mountain of StorageWorks hotplug SCSI devices makes me defensive in this respect.. W/ -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands - The FreeBSD Project WWW : http://www.tcja.nl http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message