Messages in this thread | | | From | Joerg Schilling <> | Date | Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:26:54 +0100 | Subject | Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) |
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Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 04:06:39PM -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > > > The kernel could provide a list of devices by category. It doesn't have > > to name them, run scripts, give descriptions, or paint them blue. Just a > > list of all block devices, tapes, by major/minor and category (ie. > > block, optical, floppy) would give the application layer a chance to do > > it's own interpretation. > > It does so today in sysfs, that is what it is there for.
Do you really whant libscg to open _every_ non-directory file under /sys?
Jörg
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