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diff --git a/share/man/man4/atapiscsi.4 b/share/man/man4/atapiscsi.4 index d102fe05839..b76db87e516 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/atapiscsi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/atapiscsi.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: atapiscsi.4,v 1.3 1999/11/14 20:23:27 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: atapiscsi.4,v 1.4 1999/12/11 10:23:41 csapuntz Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1999 Constantine Sapuntzakis. .\" @@ -40,19 +40,21 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION 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, the SCSI -.Xr cd 4 , -.Xr sd 4 , -and -.Xr st 4 -drivers are able to sucessfully control the corresponding ATAPI devices. +driver supports ATAPI (also called IDE) devices such as CD-ROMs, ZIP +drives, LS-120 floppy drives, and tape drives. All ATAPI devices talk +a subset of the SCSI protocol. .Pp The .Nm driver acts like a SCSI adapter. Thus, the ATAPI devices connected to -the system will appear as SCSI devices. +the system will appear as SCSI devices. ATAPI CD-ROMs will appear +as +.Xr cd 4 +devices, ATAPI tape drives as +.Xr st 4 +devices, and ATAPI floppies as +.Xr sd 4 +devices. .Pp 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 @@ -61,7 +63,8 @@ only one command outstanding on a cable at a time. For example, if 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. +Slow devices, like tape drives, could do a better job of sharing the channel. +For now, we recommend you put the tape device on its own channel. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr intro 4 , .Xr pciide 4 , |