Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 23 Jan 2000 15:34:06 +0800 | From | Steve Underwood <> | Subject | Re: Devices not supporting read-6.... |
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"H. Peter Anvin" wrote:
> [...] > > Either we should *always* send IDE commands through the SCSI subsystem > (effectively treating IDE as a form of SCSI; I believe NT does this) > or I'd like to see a way to issue generic ATAPI commands -- > preferrably via a "generic ATAPI device" analogous to what SCSI has > (and parport IDE, I belive) -- i.e. /dev/hg0 et al -- or via an > ioctl().
I think almost every system but Linux now does this, not just NT. I'm puzzled why Linux continues this schizophrenic behaviour. Nostaligia for the good old ST506, maybe?
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Steve
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