changes to SCSI drivers from 3.4 to 4.0

attcan!utzoo!henry at uunet.uu.net attcan!utzoo!henry at uunet.uu.net
Mon Apr 24 12:23:56 AEST 1989


>Messing with the SCSI stuff has always been difficult, because Sun's "open
>systems" policy apparently doesn't extend to the addition of new SCSI
>devices -- there's no documentation I can find about the structure of how
>SCSI devices work...

The fact is, Sun's "open systems" policy is a sham, a scam, and a swindle.
When you compare Sun to Mips -- which doesn't make 1/10th as much fuss
about "open systems" and is one hell of a lot more open about things like
the kernel and the hardware -- you quickly realize this.

I'm indebted to my frequent partner in crime and fellow Sun victim, Geoff
Collyer, for summing it up nicely:

	"`Open systems' means they want your wallet to open."

	Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
	uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry at zoo.toronto.edu



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