From owner-freebsd-current Tue Aug 5 20:54:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA26251 for current-outgoing; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 20:54:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA26246 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 20:54:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id NAA03532; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 13:24:14 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708060354.NAA03532@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: canonical issue wrt DMA & wd/wdc In-Reply-To: <199708060312.MAA02887@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Michael Smith at "Aug 6, 97 12:42:02 pm" To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 13:24:13 +0930 (CST) Cc: ggm@connect.com.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael Smith stands accused of saying: > > > 2) flags 0x80ff80ff blows up in config on wdc but works on wd instances > > This is nonsense; you can't put flags on 'wd' instances, and it works > fine on 'wdc' (the only place you _can_ put it). Yeep. Re: later messages on this thread, 'disk' is a subclass of 'device', so of course you can put flags on them. Sorry for any confusion. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[