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authorjoerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1996-06-23 18:27:12 +0000
committerjoerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1996-06-23 18:27:12 +0000
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Update the BUGS section, now that we've got some experience in using
this driver.
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/worm.4 b/share/man/man4/worm.4
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--- a/share/man/man4/worm.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/worm.4
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
.\" USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
.\" DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: worm.4,v 1.3 1996/01/30 13:51:19 mpp Exp $
-.\"
+.\" $Id: worm.4,v 1.4 1996/04/08 04:18:08 mpp Exp $
+.\" "
.Dd January 27, 1996
.Dt WORM 4
.Os FreeBSD
@@ -198,19 +198,30 @@ general ioctls may be used with the
.Nm
driver, but only against the control device.
.Sh BUGS
-The driver is still in a very preliminary state. Expect all kind of
-surprises when using it. It is highly recommendable to be used to
-the command
-.Xr scsi 8
-in order to provide First Medical Aid in case of an emergency.
+The driver is considered beta quality. There's still a lot of
+polishing required.
.Pp
Preparing the driver for a CD-R from another vendor will require you
to understand the source code, be used to the SCSI-2 specification,
hold a copy of the vendor's SCSI reference manual on your desk, and
have a lot of patience and CD-R's.
.Pp
-The driver should learn the entire set of CD-ROM commands, too, since
-all CD-R devices implement it.
+The driver should include all the functionality of the
+.Xr cd 4
+driver. No strategy for implementing this kind of interaction has
+been designed yet.
+.Pp
+The first
+.Em Unit Attention
+conditition after a media change is often not yet caught, although
+the driver was designed to catch it. This can royally screw a user
+of the driver, thus make sure to manually catch it before actually
+starting a burn. This can be done for example with a dummy
+.Em Test Unit Ready
+command:
+.Bd -literal
+scsi -f /dev/rworm0.ctl -c "0 0 0 0 0 0" >/dev/null 2>&1
+.Ed
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /dev/rworm[0-9].ctl -compact
.It Pa /dev/rworm[0-9]
@@ -222,6 +233,7 @@ the control device, as being used by
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
See above.
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr cd 4 ,
.Xr scsi 4 ,
.Xr scsi 8 ,
.Xr wormcontrol 8 ,
@@ -234,8 +246,8 @@ The first skeleton for a
.Nm
driver has been written by Peter Dufault in May, 1995. The driver has
then been improved and made actually usable at all by
-.if n Joerg Wunsch
-.if t J\(:org Wunsch
+.ie t J\(:org Wunsch
+.el Joerg Wunsch
in January, 1996.
.Sh HISTORY
The
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