Re: [RFC] New Driver Model for 2.5

Rob Turk
2001-10-25T15:25:00Z

"Victor Yodaiken" <yodaiken@fsmlabs.com> wrote in message
news:cistron.20011025082001.B764@hq2...
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 10:27:11AM +0200, Rob Turk wrote:
> > > The act of "suspend" should basically be: shut off the SCSI controller,
> > > screw all devices, reset the bus on resume.
> > >
> >
> > Doing so will create havoc on sequential devices, such as tape drives. If
>
> I'm failing to imagine a good case for suspending a system that has a
> tape drive on it.
>

Well, maybe the tape example wasn't all that good. The state information
(wide/sync negotiation) still needs to be retained for all SCSI devices though.

Rob