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Date:      Thu, 16 Dec 1999 09:34:01 -0800 (PST)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        Hauke Fath <hf@Melog.DE>
Cc:        Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: filemarks?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9912160932120.23583-100000@semuta.feral.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.19991216175352.00b83250@meloghost.melog.de>

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> 
> But the question whether to write one or two filemarks at EOD and how to 
> deal with drives that do not like that (QIC) is neither driver- nor 
> platform specific.

In my opinion, oft stated, it's only devices that cannot determine
physical eot that need two filemarks. As far as I know, only 1/2" Reel
tape drives have this property.

-matt





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