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Date:      Thu, 02 Jan 1997 01:09:20 -0500
From:      "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>
To:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
Cc:        core@freebsd.org, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Iomega SCSI Zip Drive 
Message-ID:  <199701020609.BAA16741@whizzo.transsys.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 01 Jan 1997 21:12:37 %2B0100." <199701012012.VAA00384@uriah.heep.sax.de> 
References:  <199701012012.VAA00384@uriah.heep.sax.de> 

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> As Bruce Evans wrote:
> 
> > >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.
> 
> Yes, but we can already consider it ``historical practice'' by now. :)
> 
> Basically, as it stands now, it's just that: a removable disk driver,
> with an ioctl interface e.g. to eject a disk.

`od' == "Optionally-present Disk"  :-)

How's that for mnemonic?

louie






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