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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!uunet!world!hd From: hd@world.std.com (HD Associates) Subject: Re: GENERIC SCSI DRIVER Message-ID: <C69LCu.2Hy@world.std.com> Keywords: SCSI GENERAL Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <1rp97d$4i2@DIALix.oz.au> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 21:36:30 GMT Lines: 27 >Someone told me they had written a driver to go with the SCSI system >that allowed the user to manipulate scsi devices directly, even if >there was no specialist driver for that device. > >I lost track of who it was but I know they said thay had it running >(or nearly running) > >In fact I think there were TWO people who did this. > >if anybody has any leads on this, could they >please let me know.. It's time we had it in the base system. I'm one of the two. I'm adding target mode support now. My reason for sitting on it, though not great, are that I'm not enamored of the approach I took - cloning the SGI /dev/scsi. I don't see much advantage over Julian's data structures directly instead of the SGI ones. Anyway, after I've added target mode and processor device I'll send it out. Target mode is working but only if both sides know how much will be sent ahead of time. Processor device is disjoint but easy to add. Anyone who needs it right away holler. Peter Dufault HD Associates