Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Jul 2002 21:46:56 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: IDE/ATAPI in 2.5 |
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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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