Messages in this thread | | | From | Joerg Schilling <> | Date | Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:27:59 +0100 | Subject | Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) |
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Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> wrote:
> Joerg Schilling schrieb am 2006-01-25: > > > > You are perfectly free to adjust your compatibility layer accordingly. > > > > The Linux Kernel fols unfortunately artificially hides information for the > > /dev/hd* interface making exactly this compatibility impossible. > > What information is actually missing? You keep talking about phantoms, > without naming them. Again: device enumeration doesn't count, libscg > already does that.
I am not talking about phantoms, I am always requestung the same things. It only seems that people here ignore these issues.
The only integrative (and this useful for libscg) interface on Linux is /dev/sg*
/dev/hd* may look nice if you only look skin-deep
How do you e.g. like send SCSI commands to ATAPI tape drives on Linux?
Jörg
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