Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Kernel interface changes (was Re: cdrecord problems on recent Linux versions) | Date | Wed, 03 Feb 1999 20:45:11 EST | From | Kev <> |
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> > Cdparanoia uses the HDIO_GET_IDENTITY ioctl. It is not the only > > package that uses it. Cdrecord, cdda2wav and pcmcia services (!) all > > got nailed by this change. From 2.0.33 to 2.0.34 (sorry, I > > misreported this earlier as 2.0.34->35. 2.0.33->34 is correct), the > > Yes I found it in the end. Thats a "ioctl should have changed number" case. > The next step up on the IDE info ioctl did get this right Im glad to say
I hope you mean "new ioctl should have been added and old _documented_ as deprecated"; removing (or changing) old interfaces as soon as a new one comes along is simply unacceptable. When I upgrade my kernel from 2.0.30 to 2.0.35, I expect _everything_ to continue working as it did before. If a major change must be made, bump the major number; I have no problem with having to get a new version of inet-utils when I change from 2.0.36 to 2.2.1... -- Kevin L. Mitchell <klmitch@mit.edu> ------------------------- -. .---- --.. ..- -..- -------------------------- http://web.mit.edu/klmitch/www/ (PGP keys availiable from here) RSA AE87D37D/1024: DE EA 1E 99 3F 2B F9 23 A0 D8 05 E0 6F BA B9 D2 DSS ED0DB34E/1024: D9BF 0E74 FDCB 43F5 C597 878F 9455 EC24 ED0D B34E DH 2A2C31D4/2048: 1A77 4BA5 9E32 14AE 87DA 9FEC 7106 FC62 2A2C 31D4
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