svn commit: r207933 - head/sys/cam/scsi

[Scott Long]

On May 12, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Matthew Jacob wrote:

> On 5/12/2010 7:23 AM, Scott Long wrote:
>> On May 12, 2010, at 8:20 AM, Matthew Jacob wrote:
>>   
>>> Ow. No need to be rude :-).
>>> 
>>> No, I didn't, why do you ask?
>>> 
>>>     
>>>> Wow, did you copy this from windows? :-)
>>>>       
>>>     
>> Actually I'm impressed that someone is using my code.  I wrote it on a dare to see just how horrid the linux SG interface really is, and I wasn't disappointed.
>> 
>> Scott
>> 
>>   
> It turns out that Panasas is using the Java bundle from LSI on FreeBSD for Santricity management. It opens /dev/sg**. There's a change somewhere else to manage some 64 and 32 bit compatibility issues I'm going to pull in.
> 
> No matter how bad Linux can be in many respects, it has market share, and it benefits freebsd to be able to support tools, no matter how broken, from that platform.
> 

Yup, and that's exactly why I checked it into the tree instead of burning it while performing pagan dances under a full moon =-)

> The reason I also hit this situation is my virtual fake HBA has one test mode where it creates 2000 da devices. That's why I found this funny one for sg.
> And, it turns out, this is not just a cosmetic issue.
> 

Thanks for taking an interest in it and fixing bugs.

Scott