Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 08:35:29 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Matthew Jacob <mj@feral.com> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, Ronald Klop <ronald-freebsd8@thuis.klop.ws>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Matt Jacob <mjacob@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r207933 - head/sys/cam/scsi Message-ID: <9039EF21-1DAA-445F-95D5-02CB6E0DDF7D@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <4BEABB45.8030401@feral.com> References: <201005112222.o4BMM1uq012874@svn.freebsd.org> <op.vckz6rn98527sy@212-123-145-58.ip.telfort.nl> <4BEAB941.1000009@feral.com> <C7291FD1-DB94-4A1F-87CD-A93DC2699CB4@samsco.org> <4BEABB45.8030401@feral.com>
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On May 12, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Matthew Jacob wrote: > On 5/12/2010 7:23 AM, Scott Long wrote: >> On May 12, 2010, at 8:20 AM, Matthew Jacob wrote: >> >>> Ow. No need to be rude :-). >>> >>> No, I didn't, why do you ask? >>> >>> >>>> Wow, did you copy this from windows? :-) >>>> >>> >> Actually I'm impressed that someone is using my code. I wrote it on a dare to see just how horrid the linux SG interface really is, and I wasn't disappointed. >> >> Scott >> >> > It turns out that Panasas is using the Java bundle from LSI on FreeBSD for Santricity management. It opens /dev/sg**. There's a change somewhere else to manage some 64 and 32 bit compatibility issues I'm going to pull in. > > No matter how bad Linux can be in many respects, it has market share, and it benefits freebsd to be able to support tools, no matter how broken, from that platform. > Yup, and that's exactly why I checked it into the tree instead of burning it while performing pagan dances under a full moon =-) > The reason I also hit this situation is my virtual fake HBA has one test mode where it creates 2000 da devices. That's why I found this funny one for sg. > And, it turns out, this is not just a cosmetic issue. > Thanks for taking an interest in it and fixing bugs. Scotthelp
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