From owner-freebsd-current Tue Sep 8 15:27:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA25908 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 8 Sep 1998 15:27:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA25892; Tue, 8 Sep 1998 15:27:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01222; Tue, 8 Sep 1998 15:33:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199809082233.PAA01222@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Doug Rabson cc: "Justin T. Gibbs" , current@FreeBSD.ORG, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: 6 days to C-DAY In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 08 Sep 1998 23:13:30 BST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 15:33:17 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Mon, 7 Sep 1998, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > > > After more than a year of development, the Common Access Method SCSI layer > > for FreeBSD will be integrated into 3.0-current on Sunday, September 13th. > > The CAM development team is currently busy ensuring that the integration > > process goes as smoothly as possible, so please understand that we may be > > slow to respond to questions about CAM in the days leading up to C-DAY. > > A CAM FAQ is in the works and will be updated as questions surface. Here > > are a few QandAs about CAM and the upcoming integration: > > Will the old scsi framework still be available for people with unsupported > (by CAM) hardware? I'm asking mainly because John Birrell is currently > relying on an old TurboChannel alpha box with an old-style scsi driver and > I don't really expect anyone to update that driver very soon. No. 8( One of the drawbacks is that the conversion is an all-or-nothing change, and it has fingers in almost everything. Converting the driver would probably be simpler than any of the alternatives. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message