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Paul Barton-Davis wrote:
>>Hmm.. Well, if the feature is not something common, then it
>>wouldn't qualify to get put in I suppose. Common features
>>between many devices should have a common API though.
>
>Good. You're now describing (to the best of my knowledge) the current
>situation. In the case of SCSI, we have the SCSI drivers for each SCSI
>controller, which use an additional layer of SCSI code, plus the
>generic SCSI driver. This last one handles features that "don't
>qualify" for a common API. 'nuff said ?
>
>Oh, did I mention that you can probably destroy some SCSI devices with
>sg ?
Ssshhhhh. I was enjoying the pyrotechnics and didn't
really want to get involved ;-)
Doug Gilbert
sg maintainer
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