Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Feb 2006 16:49:48 +0100 | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) |
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On 2/1/06, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de> wrote: > >> > >> 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?
No, because this code belongs to the block layer (scsi_ioctl.c) and is shared between SCSI and IDE drivers.
BTW This was already at least once explained in this thread.
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