Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Jul 2002 02:37:49 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: IDE/ATAPI in 2.5 |
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On 11 Jul 2002, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Okay, I have suggested this before, and I haven't quite looked at this > in detail, but I would again like to consider the following, > especially given the changes in 2.5: > > Please consider deprecating or removing ide-floppy/ide-tape/ide-cdrom > and treat all ATAPI devices as what they really are -- SCSI over IDE. > It is a source of no ending confusion that a Linux system will not > write CDs to an IDE CD-writer out of the box, for the simple reason > that cdrecord needs access to the generic packet interface, which is > only available in the nonstandard ide-scsi configuration. > > There really seems to be no decent reason to treat ATAPI devices as > anything else. I understand the ide-* drivers contain some > workarounds for specific devices, but those really should be moved to > their respective SCSI drivers anyway -- after all, manufacturers > readily slap IDE or SCSI interfaces on the same devices anyway.
Already discussed/planned.
Also it has to be done with care on evolution, not revolution way.
Regards -- Bartlomiej
> Note that this is specific to ATAPI devices. ATA hard drives are > another matter entirely. > > -hpa > > -- > <hpa@transmeta.com> at work, <hpa@zytor.com> in private! > "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." > http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt <amsp@zytor.com>
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