Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 23:10:17 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@freedomnet.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPI and ATAPI_STATIC with the new ATA* driver? Message-ID: <199903060710.XAA66909@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 05 Mar 1999 19:13:43 %2B0900." <36DFAE57.60DFD4D1@newsguy.com>
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> Kelly Yancey wrote: > > > > have to support ATA devices too. He also suggested a more universal device > > name like drv0, drv1, drv2, etc rather than deliniating between whether the > > drive is ATA or SCSI...I also think that is a good idea as I don't see any > > good reason an application should care whether the drive is ATA or SCSI, as > > long as the functionality is provided does it matter how? > > The boot code might be distressed... :-) Not as long as the ordering matched the BIOS ordering. The boot code would love it. -- \\ 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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