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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Selective attach for ide-scsi
On 2004.02.14 17:54, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> >
> > The main reason I see for sticking with the hdX= construct is that I think
> > that introducing competing mechanisms that achieve much the same objective
> > is a bad thing.
>
> $ echo ide-scsi>/proc/ide/hdX/driver
> or
> $ echo "ide-scsi:1">/proc/ide/hdX/settings
> or
> use HDIO_SET_IDE_SCSI ioctl
>
> and you can change driver from ide-{cd,floppy,tape} to ide-scsi in-fly.
> You can also use it in reverse direction (ie. from ide-scsi to ide-cd).
>
> What more crap do you need? There is already one /proc setting too much.

Nothing.

I was actually arguing that we _don't_ need a new mechanism. And, given
that there is a /proc entry to change it (which I didn't realize), there
is no downside to the current mechanism.

Thanks, Willem Riede.
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