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Re: domain validation

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Jones)
Fri Feb 25 10:57:50 2000

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Date:   Fri, 25 Feb 2000 07:30:46 -0800
From: Dan Jones <djones@valinux.com>
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To: Robert Frey <bobfrey@home.com>
Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>,
	Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de>,
	Ishikawa <ishikawa@yk.rim.or.jp>,
	Guest section DW <dwguest@win.tue.nl>, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
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Robert Frey wrote:
> 
> I agree it's better to have a system running than not running, but  I would also
> argue that domain validation  speed fall-back is a symptom of something wrong
> with the SCSI "domain"  that should be fixed.
> 
Domain validation covers two cases. You are referring to a system
that does not work as specified. The other case for domain
validation is to support legacy equipment, which still has
economic value, but cannot run reliably at the fastest SCSI rates.

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