Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 20:02:33 -0200 (EDT) From: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@mailhost.coppe.ufrj.br> To: dufault@hda.com (Peter Dufault) Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.org, jonny@mailhost.coppe.ufrj.br, core@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Iomega SCSI Zip Drive Message-ID: <199612312202.UAA09907@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> In-Reply-To: <199612311023.FAA19315@hda.hda.com> from Peter Dufault at "Dec 31, 96 05:23:47 am"
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#define quoting(Peter Dufault) // > I'll Cc freebsd-core on this, since i won't decide this myself. // > Background for `core': my suggested patch would move the Iomega Zip // > drives to the `od' driver since this one is better targeted towards // > removable media devices. // // If it addresses issues for any removable disk for which "od" makes // no sense it shouldn't move into od. Or do you suggest moving all // removable disks (based on their inquiry) into od, which though it // sounds funny makes more sense than a case-by-case decision. Is there something special about the od driver, other than support to removable disks ? The cd driver is special because it have ioctls to play audio tracks, different size sectors, etc. but what's the difference between an optical and a magnetic disk, in terms of operating system control ? If the sd driver could deal with removable devices, there would be no problem. But then, would it be necessary an od driver ? Sorry if I forgot something really stupid. I don't know much about SCSI specs. // // Peter // // -- // Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime Machine Control and Simulation // HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 // Jonny -- Joao Carlos Mendes Luis jonny@gta.ufrj.br +55 21 290-4698 ( Job ) jonny@cisi.coppe.ufrj.br Network Manager UFRJ/COPPE/CISI Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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