Re: bad144 - how useful still? Because it's annoyingly ubiquitous.

[Jason Thorpe]

> On May 27, 2026, at 8:15 AM, Hans Rosenfeld <h...@netbsd.org> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 08:00:51AM -0400, Jason Thorpe wrote:
>> I figure there are a handful of legit use cases for bad144 in NetBSD still:
>> 
>> - The vax port, obviously, but only with the really old drives.  (VAX
>> peeps please help me out here - is bad144 useful drives behind an
>> MSCP-compliant controller?)
> 
> No. But we do support a number of drive and controller types on VAX
> where this utility would still be useful.

Yah, I’m not suggesting tossing it out entirely.  The only bit that bothers me 
is how invasive it currently is given its limited applicability.

-- thorpej