Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 17:04:21 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPI and ATAPI_STATIC with the new ATA* driver? Message-ID: <199903060104.RAA27943@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Mar 1999 10:26:57 PST." <199903031826.KAA98780@pau-amma.whistle.com>
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> >Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 02:53:09 +0900 > >From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> > > >Irrespective of all the valid reasons to allow for wiring (but not > >mandate), static drive numbering is not BIOS compatible (thus, not > >DOS compatible). This violates POLA. > > I'm at least as much against POLA violations as anyone... but the real > POLA violation I see is the apparent dependence on the BIOS, since it is > "controlled" by a process external to the UNIX environment. > > "DOS compatability" is not one of my concerns; I have difficulty imagining > a universe in which it would become one. Indeed, if someone were to > claim "DOS compatibility" for something, I would have no way of knowing > what that was supposed to imply, since I'm nearly completely unfamiliar > with DOS. (The few times I've tried to use it, I would get different > results from the same actions on my part, so I gave up.) "DOS compatibility" is irrelevant. What is at issue here is _firmware_ compatability. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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