Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 15:50:23 -0500 (CDT) From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> To: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/sga (Linux) SCSI Command Stuff Message-ID: <20070402154835.F9231@thebighonker.lerctr.org> In-Reply-To: <20070402204557.GA49440@freebsd.org> References: <02e101c77557$c5a68e60$50f3ab20$@org> <20070402204557.GA49440@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Roman Divacky wrote: > On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 01:50:13PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote: >> Greetings, >> I was wondering if any of the developers or hackers had ever considered >> making the linux emulation strong enough to run things like Seagate's >> Seatools? >> >> I have a disk that's reporting a bad sector, and Seagate is insisting >> that I run their software to test it. Unfortunately, their software is >> Windows or Linux ONLY. >> >> I'm wondering if there is any chance that we might see enough of the >> emulation to be able to send generic SCSI commands from a linux binary on a >> FreeBSD box. > > netbsd implements plenty of ioctls we don't... by a chance can you test on > netbsd? and possibly on solaris as we might ste^borrow from them too :) I don't have access to NetBSD or Solaris boxes with Seagate drives in them. Also, we don't (AFAIK) expose /dev/sga to the linux world through the linux-o-lator so I don't even know if what I want is possible. Is there a way to may /dev/sga in the linux world to /dev/passn in the FreeBSD world and see what they pass? LER > > thnx > > roman > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 512-248-2683 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 430 Valona Loop, Round Rock, TX 78681-3893
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