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Date:      Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:39:28 -0800 (PST)
From:      Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net>
To:        Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: RBC support patch
Message-ID:  <20020220123457.Y86103-100000@gateway.posi.net>
In-Reply-To: <200202201936.g1KJaAO07448@uriah.heep.sax.de>

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On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Joerg Wunsch wrote:

> Hidetoshi Shimokawa <simokawa@sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp> wrote:
>
> > Another issue, there are many broken 'Direct Access' devices which
> > don't support 'READ(6)/WRITE(6)' operations.
>
> They are not broken.  READ(6)/WRITE(6) are not mandatory for direct
> access devices by the standard, but READ(10)/WRITE(10) are.
>
> --
> cheers, J"org               .-.-.   --... ...--   -.. .  DL8DTL

  Unfortunately, my copy of the SCSI-2 draft lists READ(10) and WRITE(10) as
optional for direct-access devices.  Otherwise, this would be an easy fix to a
long standing annoyance. :|

  Kelly
  kbyanc@{posi.net,FreeBSD.org}


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