Subject: Re: Exabyte doesn't work with NetBSD1.0A
To: None <amiga@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Michael L. Hitch <osymh@gemini.oscs.montana.edu>
List: amiga
Date: 07/01/1995 12:47:22
On Jun 30, 9:39am, Donn Cave wrote:
> I didn't remember the disconnect problem. It's too bad the problem couldn't
> be solved in the SCSI driver, sounds like a feature, not a bug, for a tape
> drive to disconnect.
But would it be considered a feature if the tape drive disconnects
without the driver explicitly indicating that the device can disconnect?
The SCSI-2 draft I have says that if the disconnect privilege bit in
the IDENTIFY message is 0, the target "shall not disconnect".
Michael
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