Messages in this thread | | | From | Joerg Schilling <> | Date | Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:59:19 +0100 | Subject | Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) |
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Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 02:26:54PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > 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? > > Of course not. Here's one line of bash that gets you the major:minor > file of every block device in the system: > block_devices="$(echo /sys/block/*/dev /sys/block/*/*/dev)" > > The block devices are all in a specific location.
Are you sure you understand the problem?
It isd most unlikely that all SCSI devices are there.
Jörg
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