Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Feb 2006 16:34:10 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) |
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>> >> This is called integration and it is done by Linux e.g. for 1394 and USB SCSI >> devices. So why not for ATAPI? > >Because we have native drivers which do not require SCSI stack et all. > >* if [ED: it] is very useful if cd-writing can be done with ide-cd and without > SCSI stack (a hack but very useful one) >* you don't need SCSI stack (a lot of code saved!)
Which unfortunately leads us back to one of the early questions.
If ATAPI is some sort of SCSI [command set] over ATA, and ide-cd can be used without the "Big Bad" SCSI layer (CONFIG_SCSI), don't we have redundant code floating around?
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