netbsd-bugs: Re: kern/6402: filter out 0xffs in scsipi

Subject: Re: kern/6402: filter out 0xffs in scsipi_strvis()
To: None <netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org>
From: Wolfgang Rupprecht <wolfgang@wsrcc.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/10/1998 08:45:13

soren@t.dk (Soren S. Jorvang) writes:
> Apparently, some SCSI devices use 0xff in addition to NUL and SPC
> for whitespace in inquiry strings.
> 
> ss0 at scsibus1 targ 6 lun 0: <MUSTEK\377\377, MFS-06000CX\377\377\377\377\377, 4.05> SCSI0 6/scanner fixed

This problem is not limited to scsi.  An ATAPI Toshiba CDROM does the
same thing.

cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6202BH, \\377\\377\\377\\377, 1112>

-wolfgang