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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:1179 comp.os.386bsd.questions:5760 comp.os.386bsd.bugs:1572 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!ericom!ericom!etldncn From: etldncn@paddington.ericsson.se ( ) Subject: Re: A case for QIC-80 In-Reply-To: kaxiras@falcons.cs.wisc.edu's message of Wed, 6 Oct 1993 20:14:49 GMT Message-ID: <ETLDNCN.93Oct8104653@paddington.ericsson.se> Sender: news@ericsson.se Nntp-Posting-Host: paddington.ericsson.se Organization: Ericsson Ltd., Cellular Systems & Special Networks. References: <kaxiras.749938489@cs.wisc.edu> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1993 09:46:51 GMT Lines: 39 In article <kaxiras.749938489@cs.wisc.edu> kaxiras@falcons.cs.wisc.edu (Stefanos Kaxiras) writes: Hello, > I've read some posts describing the problems associated with QIC-80 > device drivers. As I understand such a driver would take up most CPU > cycles because of timing constraints. It's going to be worthless in > network back up. Tar is going to suffer because of no I/O and computation > overlap ... etc. etc. I belive that linux has drivers to read QIC80 tapes. Why not reverse the trend and pinch something from the Linux camp? While I'm on the subject why can't the Mitsumi CDROM Drive driver be ported to BSD? You can install linux directly from one of these drives. > OK. Fine. People who want to do this stuff can spend $$$ to buy > SCSI controllers and drives. Also a SCSI tape drive costs loads more than a QIC80 drive. IMHO I think BSD would benefit by taking lessons from the Linux camp. /Duncan -- | Duncan Cameron - Ericsson Cellular Division, Guildford, UK | | <- etldncn@deep-thought.ericsson.se -> | | The views and opinions expressed herein are personal | | and are not necessarily those of Ericsson Telecomm Ltd. |