Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 18:21:29 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TESTERS NEEDED: Softupdates looks Very good. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980719181331.18742A-100000@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <19980719222526.A25289@mi.uni-koeln.de>
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On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Stefan Esser wrote: > On 1998-07-12 17:30 -0500, Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> wrote: > > > Negotiations may be started by both the drive or host adapter > > > at any time. But except for IBM, most vendors leave it up to > > > the host system to send the first message (which the driver > > > does after receiving the result of an INQUIRY command). > > > > Ok, makes sense.. I was just wondering. :-) > > > > And I guess that last part about IBM drives is a GoodThing? > > It doesn't really matter. The IBM driver have > other annoying firmware features (e.g. can't > deal with a "start motor" command in certain > situation where it could be considered a NOP), > and they sometimes drop the number of tagged > commands they can deal with for no apparent > reason. But I'm still thinking that the DDRS > is a rather good buy, currently ;-) I thought that tag problem was only with certain Quantum drives. :-) Well, these are DCAS drives, and have worked without a single hitch so far, but I wouldn't exactly say I put them under any major stress. Knock on wood. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net /* FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and compatibles (SPARC and Alpha under development) (http://www.freebsd.org) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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