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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/cam/scsi scsi_cd.c scsi_da.c src/sys/geom
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In message <437DEEE5.9040201@samsco.org>, Scott Long writes:
>Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

>> 
>> Most drivers seem to detach their internal state from the struct
>> disk, and therefore they don't need this.
>> 
>
>So what makes CAM special in this regard?

I dunno.  Cam seems to have a different lifecycle for devices
but I have never dived deep enough to figure it out.

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