Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 00:28:27 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: jbryant@server.iadfw.net Cc: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Problems with 2940 and 950210snap Message-ID: <199503212328.AAA05866@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199503212146.PAA23793@server.iadfw.net> from "jbryant@server.iadfw.net" at Mar 21, 95 03:46:52 pm
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As jbryant@server.iadfw.net wrote: > > In reply: > > Subject: Re: Problems with 2940 and 950210snap > > Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 11:27:12 -0800 > > From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> > > > > > Actually, there are three tape commands mt, st, and ft. If st is > > > eliminated on historical grounds, then ft should also suffer the same > > > fate. > > > > Wrong. mt & st are control commands. ft should vanish into the device > > driver itself. > > Exactly what do you mean by that? I have been hacking a FULLY QIC compat > backup/restore [i.e., QIC-40/80, and 113 style filesets] program for some > time now for FreeBSD. Would such a change in any way effect my work? IMHO it were better hacking the ft driver doing read/write/strategy IO. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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