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Date:      Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:45:53 -0700
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        mjacob@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/cam/scsi scsi_da.c
Message-ID:  <45B67401.9070102@samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <20070123105009.G41619@ns1.feral.com>
References:  <20070123173026.E692416A4CD@hub.freebsd.org> <45B65710.4060607@root.org> <20070123105009.G41619@ns1.feral.com>

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mjacob@FreeBSD.org wrote:
> 
> 
>>>           */
>>> -        {T_DIRECT, SIP_MEDIA_REMOVABLE, "*", "MP3 Player*",
>>> +        {T_DIRECT, SIP_MEDIA_REMOVABLE, "EM732X", "MP3 Player*",
>>>          "1.0"}, /*quirks*/ DA_Q_NO_SYNC_CACHE
>>>      },
>>>  };
>>
>> Thanks.
> 
> a) It'd be nice if we could move quirks to some sysctl or hints format 
> to get out of this tail chasing business.

Yes, and this would be easy to do.

> 
> b) We should have a 'scsi_pessimistic' flag that would be used for 
> install kernels and as emergency parachutes for people that allows 
> people to drive h/w with minimum requirements and functionality.

umass should probably just disable the SYNC_CACHE commands from CAM,
as well as whatever other commands are always quirked.  The firewire SIM
should probably do the same.

Scott



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