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Re: Status of Linux SCSI generic implementation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joshua A. Johnson)
Thu May 6 00:32:55 1999
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 19:52:24 -0500
From: "Joshua A. Johnson" <johnsonj@sparc.isl.net>
To: Kurt Garloff <garloff@suse.de>
CC: Max <jkrueger@physics.otago.ac.nz>, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu,
Linux SCSI list <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
Kurt Garloff wrote:
> On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 11:07:20AM +1200, Max wrote:
> > what is the current status of this and what are the plans for the
> > future? Apparently there is a lot of hurt feelings on the side of the
> > creator of the famous cdrecord program...
>
> According to me, Jörg has some good points, and we should carefully read
> his discussion.
> IMHO, sg should be redesigned to make it better suitable for cdrecord and
> sane (the two main applications). I'm afraid, that in 2.2 not much can be
> done, because we don't want to change the interfaces.
>
> I don't know the sane authors, but I'd like to talk to them and to Jörg,
> when making the 2.3 sg driver. I would really enjoy, if they would help to
> design (and implement) an enhanced sg driver.
>
> The midlevel SCSI code needs reworking too, but his is definitely a 2.3
> project. High-Level is OK, apart from sg, acc. to me.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Kurt Garloff <garloff@suse.de> SuSE GmbH, Nürnberg, FRG
> Linux kernel development; SCSI driver: DC390 (tmscsim/AM53C974)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
Forgive me if this has been addressed in the past.
Is there any chance of getting a SCSI-2 CAM (Common Access Method) interface?
Is there already one?
--
Joshua A. Johnson
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