Messages in this thread |  | | From | Kern Alexander <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devic es | Date | Thu, 5 Aug 2004 18:00:55 +0200 |
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Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 05 2004, Joerg Schilling wrote: > >>>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. > > > That's been the general direction for quite some time, just that SG_IO > is the preferred method since that works all around. You were the one > that merged support for the CDROM_SEND_PACKET interface, which has > _never_ been advertised as a way to burn CDs in Linux. I'd suggest you > remove that. > Silly, as I suggested a patch to Joerg, it was the uniquely ability to burn without ide-scsi. And known you, it simply works, it let me to scan for burners(what SG_IO cannot), it works in 2.4.X and 2.6.X.
Make SG_IO better and CDROM_SEND_PACKET will die, without your suggestions.
Regards Alex
P.S. I'm know that CDROM_SEND_PACKET has a overhead, by me it's 4%. I can live with it. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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