From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed May 27 12:20:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA07781 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Wed, 27 May 1998 12:20:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA07539; Wed, 27 May 1998 12:19:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA07000; Wed, 27 May 1998 19:19:43 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id VAA05352; Wed, 27 May 1998 21:19:36 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980527211935.63164@follo.net> Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 21:19:35 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: chad@dcfinc.com Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: What CAM is (was Re: DPT install problem) References: <199805270022.KAA07565@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <199805271829.LAA11461@freebie.dcfinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199805271829.LAA11461@freebie.dcfinc.com>; from Chad R. Larson on Wed, May 27, 1998 at 11:29:21AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, May 27, 1998 at 11:29:21AM -0700, Chad R. Larson wrote: > > It will be the same. The 64K limitation is a generic FreeBSD > > limitation, so CAM won't change it. CAM won't limit it, though. > > I feel like I walked into the middle of a conversation. What, exactly, > is CAM? Why would I be interested in it? CAM is the new disk subsystem, being implemented to follow the CAM specification. This system is used by Digital Unix at least, but I don't remember/know if that was where it originated. An API specification and guideline to writing CAM-based drivers is at http://www.partner.digital.com/www-swdev/pages/Home/TECH/documents/Digital_UNIX/V4.0/AA-PS3GD-TET1_html/TOC.html Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message