[207] in Athena_Backup_System
Re: disaster (crippled) mode operation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Tue Mar 5 17:27:17 1996
From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
To: delgado@MIT.EDU
Cc: athena-backup@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 01 Feb 1996 14:52:41 EST."
<9602011952.AA29855@turbodog.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 17:26:58 EST
I have finally updated the overview.
>> Can we be more clear and concise about what exactly
>> the "test driver" is. I had to read this serveral times
>> and I'm still not certain exactly what's in it; ie.,
>> is the "test-driver":
This should be clear now.
>> Also, I thought that we weren't requiring the Slave to mark
>> tapes which special markings indicating they were created in
>> disaster mode. (I think this is an extra complexity which
>> doesn't buy much value.
OK, I've removed this reference.
I have encountered a problem in doing this. The master and slave low
level docs are very inconsistant about the names of the interfaces the
master and slave use to talk to each other. I believe the code calls
them ABSSLAVE and ABS_SLAVEINT. These are the names I have used in
the abs-overview document. The master and slave docs have references
to ABSSLAVE, ABS_SLAVE and ABSTAPE. Someone should go through and
correct these. Ideally we would be consistant about our use of
underscores too (the ABSMASTER interface does not have one.) Diane,
are you the right person to do this?
Jonathon
