Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:31:27 +0100
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
To: grundig@teleline.es
Cc: Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de>, jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de,
       rlrevell@joe-job.com, matthias.andree@gmx.de,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acahalan@gmail.com
Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)
Message-ID: <20060125173127.GR4212@suse.de>
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On Wed, Jan 25 2006, grundig@teleline.es wrote:
> El Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:03:18 +0100,
> Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> escribi?:
> 
> > Guess why cdrecord -scanbus is needed.
> > 
> > It serves the need of GUI programs for cdrercord and allows them to retrieve 
> > and list possible drives of interest in a platform independent way.
> 
> But this is not neccesary at all, since linux platform already
> provides ways to retrieve and list possible drives....

In fact it would be a _lot_ easier to just scan sysfs and do an inquiry
on potentially useful devices.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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