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| author | 1999-07-25 23:18:43 +0000 | |
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| committer | 1999-07-25 23:18:43 +0000 | |
| commit | 3677ff91538ccadafe71df84e63b378c55eb7639 (patch) | |
| tree | a0c6beac2de52cdcc9d3157b819c46b97d397760 | |
| parent | first cut at fga docs (diff) | |
| download | wireguard-openbsd-3677ff91538ccadafe71df84e63b378c55eb7639.tar.xz wireguard-openbsd-3677ff91538ccadafe71df84e63b378c55eb7639.zip | |
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/atapiscsi.4 b/share/man/man4/atapiscsi.4 index f957ac88c87..8079d58df79 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/atapiscsi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/atapiscsi.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: atapiscsi.4,v 1.1 1999/07/25 15:50:44 csapuntz Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: atapiscsi.4,v 1.2 1999/07/25 23:18:43 deraadt Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1999 Constantine Sapuntzakis. .\" @@ -41,22 +41,25 @@ The .Nm driver supports ATAPI (also called IDE) devices such as CD-ROMs, ZIP drives, -floppy drives, and (eventually) tape drives. All ATAPI devices talk some -subset of the SCSI protocol. For example, our SCSI -.Xr cd 4 -driver, with minimal changes, was able to sucessfully control ATAPI CD-ROMs. +floppy drives, and (eventually) tape drives. All ATAPI devices talk some +subset of the SCSI protocol. For example, the SCSI +.Xr cd 4 , +.Xr sd 4 , +and +.Xr st 4 +drivers are able to sucessfully control the corresponding ATAPI devices. .Pp The .Nm -driver acts like a SCSI adapter. Thus, the ATAPI devices connected to +driver acts like a SCSI adapter. Thus, the ATAPI devices connected to the system will appear as SCSI devices. .Pp -For performance reasons, you should avoid putting an ATAPI device and -a hard disk on the same cable. Our driver does not support bus release +For performance reasons, one should avoid putting an ATAPI device and +a hard disk on the same cable. The driver does not support bus release and, even if it did, many ATAPI devices do not support it. There is -only one command outstanding on a cable at a time. For example, if you -have a hard disk and a CD drive on the same cable, your hard disk -requests may get queued behind slow CD operations. +only one command outstanding on a cable at a time. For example, if a +a hard disk and a CD drive are placed on the same cable, the hard disk +requests may get queued behind slower CD operations. .Sh BUGS Tape devices don't work yet. .Sh SEE ALSO |
