Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932265AbWAZNyp (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:54:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751347AbWAZNyp (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:54:45 -0500 Received: from mailhub.fokus.fraunhofer.de ([193.174.154.14]:19680 "EHLO mailhub.fokus.fraunhofer.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751344AbWAZNyo (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:54:44 -0500 From: Joerg Schilling Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:53:44 +0100 To: matthias.andree@gmx.de, acahalan@gmail.com Cc: schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de, matthias.andree@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) Message-ID: <43D8D468.nailE2X41JL7B@burner> References: <787b0d920601241858w375a42efnc780f74b5c05e5d0@mail.gmail.com> <43D7A7F4.nailDE92K7TJI@burner> <787b0d920601251826l6a2491ccy48d22d33d1e2d3e7@mail.gmail.com> <20060126081940.GA13125@merlin.emma.line.org> In-Reply-To: <20060126081940.GA13125@merlin.emma.line.org> User-Agent: nail 11.2 8/15/04 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1475 Lines: 36 Matthias Andree wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Albert Cahalan wrote: > > > It's misleading to say that MacOS doesn't allow a file > > descriptor. MacOS has something similar to what Linux > > has, but not in the normal filesystem namespace. You > > specify a name to get a handle. Of course, on MacOS, > > Joerg also uses -scanbus to create nonsense. > > OK, so J?rg created this "nonsense", i. e. a triple of stupid numbers, > and claims he's using them to provide device lists to applications. More than 2/3 of all current OS use this way of adressing and it is a standard: (CAM). > Well, in PeeCees, the BIOS presents that list of primary/secondary > master/slave, so there's /some/ point in it. Once hotplug comes into > play, it's all vain though. Hotplug is only a problem when implemented in a sub-optimal way. Please have a look at Solaris for hot plug support with stable interface names.... J?rg -- EMail:joerg@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) J?rg Schilling D-13353 Berlin js@cs.tu-berlin.de (uni) schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily - 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/