Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 5 Aug 2004 14:25:29 +0200 (CEST) | From | Joerg Schilling <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices |
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>From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
>ATA method is misnamed, it's really SG_IO that is used. And you want to >use that regardless of the device type, SCSI or ATAPI. There's no such >thing as an ATA burner, and there's no need to differentiate between >SCSI or ATAPI CD-ROM's when burning - SG_IO is the method to use. So >forget browsing /proc/ide and other hacks.
I am sorry but as Linux already has 6 different interfaces for sending Generic SCSI commands and thus, we are running out of names.
Let me give you an advise: consolidate Linux so that is does only need /dev/sg and fix the bugs in ide-scsi instead of constantly inventing new unneeded interfaces.
Jörg
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