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Date:      Tue, 01 Sep 1998 21:54:23 +0000
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@backplane.com>
Cc:        committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: SCSI tape compression support patch 
Message-ID:  <199809012154.VAA00623@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 01 Sep 1998 16:58:55 MST." <199809012358.QAA02648@apollo.backplane.com> 

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>     Any SCSI experts want to check this diff for /usr/src/sys/scsi/st.c ?
>     (this particular diff is relative to FreeBSD-stable.  If nobody finds
>     any problems with it, I would like to commit it for FreeBSD-current
>     w/ appropriate changes, if any, and also commit it for -stable).

>From an eyeball, it looks fine to me.  You'd want to bear Justin's 
comments inre: CAM in mind for the -current case, as the SCSI code in 
-current will ideally be retired shortly.

OTOH, for -stable it's definitely a goer.  If you can drum up a few 
words for the handbook people as well as the manpage, that'd be 
extremely desirable.

>     I also have sys/scsi/ch.c diffs to handle tape library barcoded volume
>     labels, but I think the author of the tape changer may already have
>     committed something of his own, so I need to do a little research first.

Our 'chio' support was originally from NetBSD; I believe you'll want to 
talk to Jason Thorpe about that first.  The same basic caveats apply 
with regard to CAM; if your changes can be integrated there as well, 
that'd be ideal.

If you're having any difficulties in getting hold of the freshest CAM 
bits, let me know.  I can arrange at least some of that sort of thing 
without having to distract Justin or Ken.

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