Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 11:34:29 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: cau@cc.gatech.edu (Carlos Ugarte) Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, cau@cc.gatech.edu Subject: Re: help writing a new SCSI device driver Message-ID: <199606290934.LAA01149@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <199606290407.AAA11695@oscar.cc.gatech.edu> from "Carlos Ugarte" at Jun 29, 96 00:07:34 am
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As Carlos Ugarte wrote... > > Also, I noticed that not all drivers seem to support > disconnection/reselection. Is this because it is difficult to > implement, or because it provides little improvement? All docs > I've seen imply that you gain some, but never quantify how > much... Is it worth the trouble, if it can be done? It is definitely a good thing for performance. It allows more concurrency to happen on the SCSI bus . It takes some thought to implement it well, so maybe that's the reason not all drivers have it. Wilko _ ____________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Wilko Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem - The Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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