> SCSI block copy worries me. Nobody I know uses disk->disk SCSI facilities
> which makes me suspect if we implement it drive firmware will die left
> right and centre.
I think so, too. But IMNSHO the API should be general enough to allow such
things to be implemented later even if we end up with doing an in-kernel
read/write loop instead for lots of cases now.
Have a nice fortnight
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