Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:41:13 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.0 SCSI Tape Driver- Okay, Okay, you win.... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911161139360.10800-100000@semuta.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <19991116143713.13254@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
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On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Tuesday, 16 November 1999 at 8:04:05 -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > > Too many people have objected. I didn't make my case clearly enough, > > but because enough people of have raised issues, the default won't > > be changed. > > I think this is the correct decision in the short term. In the longer > term, we should continue to discuss the matter. Yes, well, I was driven by the coming of 4.0.... My *original* plans for 4.0 was to do a complete rewrite of the tape driver using the HP sponsored TAPEALERT initiative, but I've had only a fraction of the time available. So, what with fixing some bugs, trying to make sure that subdevices come back with latchable settings, that'll probably be it for tape in 4.0. -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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