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Date:      Wed, 27 May 1998 21:19:35 +0200
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        chad@dcfinc.com
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   What CAM is (was Re: DPT install problem)
Message-ID:  <19980527211935.63164@follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <199805271829.LAA11461@freebie.dcfinc.com>; from Chad R. Larson on Wed, May 27, 1998 at 11:29:21AM -0700
References:  <199805270022.KAA07565@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <199805271829.LAA11461@freebie.dcfinc.com>

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On Wed, May 27, 1998 at 11:29:21AM -0700, Chad R. Larson wrote:
> > It will be the same.  The 64K limitation is a generic FreeBSD
> > limitation, so CAM won't change it.  CAM won't limit it, though.
> 
> I feel like I walked into the middle of a conversation.  What, exactly,
> is CAM?  Why would I be interested in it?

CAM is the new disk subsystem, being implemented to follow the CAM
specification.  This system is used by Digital Unix at least, but I
don't remember/know if that was where it originated.

An API specification and guideline to writing CAM-based drivers is at
	http://www.partner.digital.com/www-swdev/pages/Home/TECH/documents/Digital_UNIX/V4.0/AA-PS3GD-TET1_html/TOC.html

Eivind.

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