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From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com>
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Subject: Re: grok ?
To: robh@imdb.com (Rob Hartill)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:32:26 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970319161348.16052A-100000@localhost> from "Rob Hartill" at Mar 19, 97 04:19:43 pm
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> >From 2.2's LINT
> 
>   # enable tagged command queueing, which is a major performance win on
>   # devices that support it (and controllers with enough SCB's)
>   #
>   # Note that some drives claim to grok tagged commands, but actually
>   # don't.  The HP C3725S is a known offender.
>   options	AHC_TAGENABLE
> 
> "grok" isn't in my vocabulary. I assume it means "support" or "handle"

It's from a Heinlein novel (perhaps _Stranger in a Strange Land_?  Sorry,
I can't recall things that I've read that long ago... Maybe _I will Fear
No Evil_?).  Basically, it means "understand" (though in the Heinlein
context it meant far more...)

--don