Rusty wrote:
Also, if any of you happen to know exactly what this driver does, I'd be interested to know. My working theory was that it allows the GS/OS to address the Vulcan in a more efficient / faster manner than is possible by whatever generic block device interface the GS uses by default. However, I have also seen an old post on usenet where someone was saying something vague about the Vulcan GS/OS driver having something to do with caching. Any info will be appreciated.
At a minimum it probably supports multi-sector transfers on a single IO call. IIRC, the P8 compatible ROM-based drivers were typically sector-at-a-time.
Directory caching is a possibility as well.I have a Vulcan in my GS, but there does not seem to be anything resembling a GS/OS loadable driver. Keep us posted if you find one?
Steve