Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 14 Jul 2002 21:13:01 +0200 | From | Richard Zidlicky <> | Subject | Re: IDE/ATAPI in 2.5 |
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On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 04:18:37PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> For a starter, it is easier to understand the SCSI concept of > addressing than to understand the Linux concept. In addition, > the SCSI addressing concept can be used on different platforms > in a unique way. This helps people (and GUI writers) to use > cdrecord on more than Linux only.
whether it is easier is matter of taste, however in a situation where the kernel and 99% of other applications refer to something as '/dev/scd0' I fail to see any benefit of having another scheme. Do you want to suggest that all other Linux apps should now use '-dev x,y,z' instead of normal device names?
There is another problem, with your scsi transport library you are bypassing normal Linux devices. Try mount /dev/scd0 /mnt cdrecord -dev 0,0,0 -blank=fast ls -al /mnt
Nice? It certainly isn't the fault of Linux if you choose to bypass normal device usage and it can be very annoying not only for beginners.
Richard
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