Messages in this thread | | | From | Joerg Schilling <> | Date | Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:33:06 +0100 | Subject | Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) |
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Alexander Samad <alex@samad.com.au> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 12:49:30PM +0100, DervishD wrote: > > Hi Joerg :) > > > > * Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> dixit: > > > Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz> wrote: > > > > > This is why the mapping engine is in the Linux adoption part of > > > > > libscg. It maps the non-stable device <-> /dev/sg* relation to a > > > > > stable b,t,l address. > > > > > > > > Nonsense. The b,t,l addresses are NOT stable (at least for transports > > > > > > Dou you like to verify that you have no clue on SCSI? > > > > My system is clueless, too! If I write a CD before plugging my > > USB storage device, my CD writer is on 0,0,0. If I plug my USB > > storage device *before* doing any access, my cdwriter is on 1,0,0. > > Pretty stable. > > Had exactly the same problem with firewire and usb devices, depending on > the order of the loading of the kernel modules it all changes!
This is a deficite of the Linux kernel model. You don't have similar problems on Solaris.
Jörg
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