Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: OT] Joerg Schilling flames Linux on his Blog | From | Markus Plail <> | Date | Mon, 30 May 2005 12:47:25 +0200 |
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Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> writes: > Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Cdrecord includes the needed features to do what you like, but do >> > not asume that you will be able to force me to make nonportable and >> > Linux specific interfaces a gauge for the design of a portable >> > program. If you read the cdrecord man page, you know that you >> > could happily call cdrecord dev=green_burner..... >> > >> >> No, that static mapping is not good. I have an external enclosure >> that does firewire and USB. I want to be able to use "sony-dvd" to >> access it no matter whether it is onnected to USB bus or Firewire and >> whether there are other devices (disks) on USB or firewire. It is >> possible to do with udev creating a link to /dev/sony-dvd. > > I am not sure what you like to do.....
He wants to be able to access his dvd recorder via dev=/sony-dvd. And it should not matter how it is connected (USB/firewire).
> But what you claim is simply impossible.
No it is not.
> As you started to introduce the allegory with the colors, let me make > an assumption based on your claim: > > - Buy two identical drives and varnish one in red and the other > in green.
That is indeed impossible, but as soon as there are two different drives, it is possible with udev and not possible with a static assignment.
regards Markus
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