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 _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
