Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262675AbTIQKbg (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2003 06:31:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262723AbTIQKbg (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2003 06:31:36 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:19588 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262675AbTIQKbc (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2003 06:31:32 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:31:27 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Ian Hastie Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ide-scsi oops was: 2.6.0-test4-mm3 Message-ID: <20030917103127.GM906@suse.de> References: <20030910114346.025fdb59.akpm@osdl.org> <200309160134.28169.ianh@iahastie.local.net> <20030916092040.GB930@suse.de> <200309161926.04549.ianh@iahastie.local.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200309161926.04549.ianh@iahastie.local.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1576 Lines: 38 On Tue, Sep 16 2003, Ian Hastie wrote: > On Tuesday 16 Sep 2003 10:20, Jens Axboe wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 16 2003, Ian Hastie wrote: > > > On Thursday 11 Sep 2003 22:52, Jens Axboe wrote: > > > > Surely the pro version supports open-by-device as well? And then it > > > > should work fine. > > > > > > It does. However it also produces the same error message as cdrecord > > > when doing so, ie > > > > > > Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported. > > > > > > The implication being that it could go away or become broken at any time. > > > > I wouldn't read anything in to that if I were you. Joerg has some mis > > guided ideas about ATAPI addressing, but he would be a fool to remove > > open by devname at this point. > > What about this version of the argument then? There are a number if > pieces of software, eg cdrdao, that don't support open by devname. > The kernel developers would be foolish to remove support for them at > this time. Works both ways doesn't it. (cc me if you want me to read the mails, thanks) That's a different discussion - they don't work with SG_IO typically either, so they await the block sg driver anyways. It doesn't change the fact that trying to pretend devices are hanging off a SCSI bus with bus and device ids when they are not is just horrible. -- Jens Axboe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/