Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422637AbWBAPma (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 10:42:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161095AbWBAPma (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 10:42:30 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:14278 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161076AbWBAPma (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 10:42:30 -0500 Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 16:37:14 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Denis Vlasenko cc: Oliver Neukum , jerome lacoste , Joerg Schilling , j@bitron.ch, mrmacman_g4@mac.com, matthias.andree@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, James@superbug.co.uk, acahalan@gmail.com Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) In-Reply-To: <200601311444.47199.vda@ilport.com.ua> Message-ID: References: <787b0d920601241858w375a42efnc780f74b5c05e5d0@mail.gmail.com> <5a2cf1f60601310424w6a64c865u590652fbda581b06@mail.gmail.com> <200601311333.36000.oliver@neukum.org> <200601311444.47199.vda@ilport.com.ua> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 655 Lines: 20 >> > If it's /dev/cdrw, then it's /dev/cdrw, not '1,0,0'. >> > >> > Should we make a poll ? select(), poll(), epoll(), anyone? (SCNR) >Do we need to expose IDE master/slave, primary/secondary concepts in Linux? > AFAICS, we do. hda is always primary slave, etc. With the SCSI layer it's (surprisingly) the other way round, sda just happens to be the first disk inserted (SCA, USB, etc.) Jan Engelhardt -- - 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/