Messages in this thread | | | From | Joerg Schilling <> | Date | Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:06:27 +0100 | Subject | Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) |
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Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com> wrote:
> On Jan 25, 2006, at 12:14:15, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Incorrect, sorry. Do you really make Linux incompatible to the rest > > of the world? .. > >> 1 platform (Linux) _requires_ /dev/* access > > Your last line is wrong > > No, it is correct. We require /dev/* access. The fact that we > included /dev/sg* devices for /dev/[sh]d* was a mistake, and should > be fixed, but those are still /dev/* access.
Looks like you missunderstood /dev/* here.
Even with /dev/scg* on Solaris or with CAM on FreeBSD, you open a device. But this is not a /dev/ entry for a high level device like a disk, it is a SCSI nexus device that allows you to send SCSI commands on any SCSI transport.
Jörg
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