Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932211AbWAYXO3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:14:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932212AbWAYXO2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:14:28 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.21]:56721 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932211AbWAYXO1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:14:27 -0500 X-Authenticated: #428038 Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:14:22 +0100 From: Matthias Andree To: Jens Axboe Cc: Matthias Andree , grundig@teleline.es, Joerg Schilling , jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acahalan@gmail.com Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) Message-ID: <20060125231422.GB2137@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: Jens Axboe , grundig@teleline.es, Joerg Schilling , jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acahalan@gmail.com References: <787b0d920601241923k5cde2bfcs75b89360b8313b5b@mail.gmail.com> <20060125144543.GY4212@suse.de> <20060125153057.GG4212@suse.de> <43D7AF56.nailDFJ882IWI@burner> <20060125181847.b8ca4ceb.grundig@teleline.es> <20060125173127.GR4212@suse.de> <43D7C1DF.1070606@gmx.de> <20060125182552.GB4212@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060125182552.GB4212@suse.de> X-PGP-Key: http://home.pages.de/~mandree/keys/GPGKEY.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 984 Lines: 23 (stripped Lee from the Cc: list) Jens Axboe schrieb am 2006-01-25: > > Hm. sysfs, procfs, udev, hotplug, netlink (for IPv6) - this all looks rather > > complicated and non-portable. I understand that applications that can just > > open every device and send SCSI INQUIRY might want to do that on Linux, too. > > Certainly, I'm just suggesting a better way to do it on Linux. Great. There's a better way, but it is not necessary. Let Linux-specific applications use it for their benefit, but a portable application isn't going that way because it's too much effort. If a simpler interface that can be shared with half a dozen other system exists, the portable application will use that and ignore better interfaces. -- Matthias Andree - 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/