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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.

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