FTP site overhaul
DWPmail at aol.com
DWPmail at aol.com
Mon May 15 11:30:06 PDT 1995
This is going to ATA & SCSI reflectors only, on the assumption that
everyone interested is on at least one of those two.
Hello all,
Here=92s the ftp plan. Please speak up in the next couple of days if =
you
object to me =
moving forward in the direction described below.
1. Site location
I plan to use the fission.dt.wdc.com ftp site for the documents that =
fall
under the =
informal System Issues category. The original plan was to use the Symbio=
s
site but it =
turned out that John Lohmeyer would have to do all the administrative wor=
k
himself. I =
expect there will be quite a few document additions and deletions for a l=
ong
time to come, =
as well as periodic directory restructuring, so this didn=92t seem like t=
he
best choice. =
Western Digital offered an alternative. Their ftp site is outside their
corporate data =
processing firewall, so there are no restrictions on anyone making change=
s.
2. Current structure of fission.dt.wdc.com under /pub
The following directories are established for publicly accessible
documentation:
/ata contains ata-2 revs 2j, 2k
/ata-2 contains ata-2 revs 2j, 2k, 2l, 3
/ata-3 empty
/atapi contains 8020 r1.2 and 8029 r16
/cdrom contains cdrom7.doc (?)
/mmc contains ph_cdr.ps (Phillips CD-R proposal)
/sff two subdirectories, 8011 empty, 8020 points to /atapi (above)
/ssa contains SSA reflector archive file
/swqic contains XISO9660.doc and qicsw395.doc
/standards contains the following subdirectories:
/10bit
/ECMA
/QIC
/ata
/atapi
/fibre
/p1394
/plugnplay
/scsi-2
/spi
/ssa
/wdcd4fu
As you can see, there is some redundancy between levels and a few out of =
date
draft =
documents. There are also a couple of single document files directly und=
er
/pub that should be moved to subdirectories. =
3. Proposed new structure for documents in fission.dt.wdc.com
I propose to do an initial housecleaning pass through /pub with these
objectives:
a. keep only 1 copy of any document
b. delete draft documents that have been rendered obsolete by later versi=
ons.
ata-2 revs 2j, 2k, & 2l are candidates for this now that rev 3 is
available.
I won=92t delete anything I don=92t know the status of.
c. rearrange the documents into 2 /pub subdirectories, /standards and /in=
fo.
/standards to contain numbered standards and specifications in the follow=
ing
categories: =
/incoming =
/ata =
/atapi =
/qic =
/ecma =
/scsi =
/fc =
/ssa =
/p1394 =
/hostsw =
/other
(others as needed)
/info to contain informational documents in the following categories: =
/incoming
/plugnplay
/pci
/pc_systems
/hostsw
/powerpc
/cd
/ata
/scsi
(others as needed)
The significance of leaving /fc, /p1394, and /ssa out of the 2nd list is =
only
that I don=92t =
know of any informational documents to put there. Consider this an
invitation.
The above pair of lists is my proposed starting structure. Others may mo=
dify
it.
4. Rules and good manners
Western Digital provides the facility as an industry service. They don=92=
t
administer it or =
police it. As long as users don=92t abuse it, it will remain open to eve=
ryone.
FTP etiquiette =
is pretty simple and consists mostly of a =93Do unto others....=94 policy=
=2E I
won=92t try to define =
it here. =
It is customary to post a notice on the appropriate reflector when you ad=
d a
document. I =
think you should also notify people when you plan to remove something.
=
If you want to contribute something and know where it belongs, just do it=
=2E
The =
two /incoming directories are for documents whose preferred homes are
uncertain. =
I=92ll try to check it every few days and find a reasonable home for any =
new =
documents placed there.
5. Tables of contents =
If anyone has a script for searching a directory tree and creating a READ=
ME
table =
of contents, please send it along. Otherwise I=92ll dust off my shell
programming =
textbook and put one together when time permits. I don=92t plan to creat=
e or =
maintain a TOC by hand.
6. Duplication of contents with other sites
I don=92t personally mind having copies of interesting documents in more =
than 1
place. If all the useful information pertaining to mass storage devices =
or
interfaces =
were already available in one place, or even just 2 or 3 places, I wouldn=
=92t
bother =
with this effort.
Devon Worrell says he is investigating some mirror site software. This m=
ight
allow some part of fission... to automatically mirror another site, such =
as
the =
Symbios /io/standards area, or vice versa. I support moving toward that =
way
of =
operating.
Enough. I'll move forward on this unless I hear objections.
Regards
Duncan Penman
IIX Consulting
penman at netcom.com
=
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