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    SubjectRe: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)
    Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de> wrote:

    > 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?

    CONFIG_SCSI???

    Why not using fully dynamical loadable kernel modules as done with Solaris
    since 1992? Since that time nobody cares because what you need is auto-loaded
    on demand and there is absolutely no need for a manual configuration.

    BTW: Introducing an orthogonal SCSI based implementation would save a lot of
    code. The model currently used on Linux is duplicating a lot of unneeded code
    in target drivers and the SCSI glue code is only a few KB (less than 30k on
    Solaris).

    Jörg

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