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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au
Subject: Re: Some solutions to disk problems.... I think.
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>> *sigh*  The whole point is that _nothing_ other than the 'wd' driver
>> should know this;

>Why not? When a tape drive or CD-ROM is attached to a SCSI interface, there
>are exposed flags for both the SCSI adapter and the drive. This isn't
>"special case" code.

There are no per-drive flags for SCSI devices.  There are at most per-
controller flags for ISA SCSI controllers.  Even those are unavailable
for PCI SCSI controllers.  The per-drive wd flags are side effects of
hacks for ISA configuration.

Bruce