From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Dec 8 11:49:22 2000 From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 8 11:49:20 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from winston.osd.bsdi.com (winston.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.27.229]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4AD737B402 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 11:49:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from winston.osd.bsdi.com (jkh@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by winston.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB8Jmuw21372; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 11:48:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com) To: "Koster, K.J." Cc: "'Wilko Bulte'" , Terry Lambert , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Borg SRM? (was: Lynx test / 2nd attempt) In-Reply-To: Message from "Koster, K.J." of "Fri, 08 Dec 2000 10:34:15 +0100." <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7A9C@l04.research.kpn.com> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 11:48:56 -0800 Message-ID: <21368.976304936@winston.osd.bsdi.com> From: Jordan Hubbard Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Ok, how about a wrapper around SRM, delegating all the do-thing-quickly > tasks to the real and untarnisched SRM, but adding hooks for the more > mundane task of getting the first few blocks off a controller that SRM > pretends isn't there. I'm sure Mike Smith will flame you for this, but after he does, I'll simply add a request to see your implementation of such a thing since it's that far more than a set of clever but difficult ideas that count for anything in this discussion. If you're capable of surprising everyone by actually doing this, now would be an excellent time to demonstrate that. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message