Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 14 Feb 2004 18:03:26 -0500 | From | Willem Riede <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Selective attach for ide-scsi |
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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.
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