Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932363AbWA3QaX (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:30:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932366AbWA3QaX (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:30:23 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.21]:3969 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932363AbWA3QaX (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:30:23 -0500 X-Authenticated: #428038 Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:30:06 +0100 From: Matthias Andree To: Joerg Schilling Cc: 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: <20060130163006.GA19173@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: Joerg Schilling , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acahalan@gmail.com References: <43D7B1E7.nailDFJ9MUZ5G@burner> <20060125230850.GA2137@merlin.emma.line.org> <43D8C04F.nailE1C2X9KNC@burner> <20060126161028.GA8099@suse.cz> <43DA2E79.nailFM911AZXH@burner> <43DA4DDA.7070509@superbug.co.uk> <43DDFBFF.nail16Z3N3C0M@burner> <20060130120408.GA8436@merlin.emma.line.org> <43DE3AE5.nail16ZL1UH7X@burner> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43DE3AE5.nail16ZL1UH7X@burner> 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: 1140 Lines: 30 Joerg Schilling schrieb am 2006-01-30: > Matthias Andree wrote: > > > > Cdrecord is a program that needs to be able to send any SCSI command as > > > it needs to be able to add new vendor unique commands for new drive/feature > > > support. > > > > Right, but evidently it does not need the kernel to invent numbering. > > dev=/dev/hdc works today. > > Maybe, I will need to enforce to use official libscg device names in future.... If you deem fighting your own user base the appropriate behavior to enforce your distorted view on groups that outnumber you by at least five orders of magnitude, go right ahead. But don't complain if you're losing control that way because Albert or somebody else really forks cdrecord then and the fork becomes more popular than the original. cdrecord wouldn't be the first package to see such things happen. -- 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/