From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 1 21:36:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA18459 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 21:36:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA18344 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 21:34:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA28565; Fri, 2 Aug 1996 14:10:29 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199608020440.OAA28565@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Micropolis, again To: darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 14:10:29 +0930 (CST) Cc: phk@critter.tfs.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199607242135.AA003034134@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> from "Darryl Okahata" at Jul 24, 96 02:35:33 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Darryl Okahata stands accused of saying: > > If it's an option, could we make it set AWRE/ARRE only if they > aren't already set? It gives me the shivers to imagine an option that > always touches the mode pages at bootup (what happens when power > failures, bad SCSI cabling, bad termination, acts of God, etc. occur > when setting the mode page?). If you do it at bootup, you'd only change the current value, not the saved value (read the scsi(8) manpage), so that wouldn't be an issue. > -- Darryl Okahata -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[