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SubjectRe: IDE/ATAPI in 2.5
Erik Andersen wrote:
>>
>>Lovely. Let's make EACH APPLICATION support two disjoint APIs for no
>>good reason.
>
> Lovely. Lets rip off a sarcastic answer without spending two
> seconds to think. Why would anybody need to support two APIs?
> The existing CDROM_SEND_PACKET ioctl is an ATAPI/SCSI pass
> through interface, and is sufficient to operate both IDE and
> SCSI cd writers.
>

That's fine, but it still only supports CD writers. We have a generic
packet interface for a good reason -- we should be able to access it
regardless of device type.

It's a specific solution to a generic problem.

-hpa


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