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author | joerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-06-23 18:27:12 +0000 |
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committer | joerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-06-23 18:27:12 +0000 |
commit | 2bda67aab8cdfa07f1398a64a7b200f63d489363 (patch) | |
tree | 887ef8664019adf02fadf386c96e2d1c6eb2bdf9 /share | |
parent | d48f2915c75e3f142ef5a346892e93ad521557c9 (diff) | |
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Update the BUGS section, now that we've got some experience in using
this driver.
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-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/worm.4 | 34 |
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/worm.4 b/share/man/man4/worm.4 index e10075a..b2357de 100644 --- 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 |