Stateless tape model

[Ralph Weber]

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* Ralph Weber <ralphoweber at compuserve.com>
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JoeBre at exabyte.com wrote:

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> (4 or 6?) byte absolute LBAs should be 8 byte:
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8 byte LBAs, absolutely.  If larger CDBs are needed, let's find the operation codes and do it.

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> 3.5 - SPACE(10)...

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If the base model for stateless tapes is disks, then the SEEK is the right verb.

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> Perhaps we should define a new Device Type identifier for Stateless Stream Device.
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By all means a new Device Type seems in order.

Thanks.

Ralph...




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