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    SubjectRe: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)
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    Joerg Schilling wrote:
    > - how to use /dev/hd* in order to scan an image from a scanner
    > - how to use /dev/hd* in order to talk to a printer
    > - how to use /dev/hd* in order to talk to a jukebox
    > - how to use /dev/hd* in order to talk to a graphical device

    Does cdrecord scan images, print files, or talk to SCSI graphical
    devices? No! Why do you care? And furthermore, why the hell would
    you try to talk to one of those things via /dev/hd* anyways? They
    certainly aren't ATA devices (aside from maybe a couple proprietary
    ATA jukeboxes, but those are likely SCSI anyways).

    > - how to use /dev/hd* in order to talk to a CPU device

    Does cdrecord talk to CPU devices? No! Why do you care? BTW: What
    the hell is a "CPU device" and why the hell would you think you could
    talk to it through a disk interface, let alone some other random SCSI
    interface?

    > - how to use /dev/hd* in order to talk to a tape device

    Does cdrecord write to ATAPI tapes? Not usually. Why do you care?
    It's a possible bug in that /dev/hd* doesn't support ATAPI tapes, but
    nobody uses those anymore anyways (if it matters feel free to submit
    a bug report and patch).

    By the way, are you ever actually going to try to point out any
    _actual_ problems?

    Cheers,
    Kyle Moffett

    --
    There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
    make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the
    other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious
    deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.
    -- C.A.R. Hoare


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