Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422958AbWBAVqG (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 16:46:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422959AbWBAVqG (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 16:46:06 -0500 Received: from hibernia.jakma.org ([212.17.55.49]:17297 "EHLO hibernia.jakma.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422958AbWBAVqE (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 16:46:04 -0500 Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 21:45:51 +0000 (GMT) From: Paul Jakma X-X-Sender: paul@sheen.jakma.org To: Albert Cahalan cc: Joerg Schilling , j@bitron.ch, mrmacman_g4@mac.com, matthias.andree@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de, James@superbug.co.uk Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) In-Reply-To: <787b0d920601312107k31542295vb0bdee4bb2a67a39@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <787b0d920601241858w375a42efnc780f74b5c05e5d0@mail.gmail.com> <43D7A7F4.nailDE92K7TJI@burner> <8614E822-9ED1-4CB1-B8F0-7571D1A7767E@mac.com> <43D7B1E7.nailDFJ9MUZ5G@burner> <20060125230850.GA2137@merlin.emma.line.org> <43D8C04F.nailE1C2X9KNC@burner> <43DDFBFF.nail16Z3N3C0M@burner> <1138642683.7404.31.camel@juerg-pd.bitron.ch> <43DF3C3A.nail2RF112LAB@burner> <787b0d920601312107k31542295vb0bdee4bb2a67a39@mail.gmail.com> Mail-Copies-To: paul@hibernia.jakma.org Mail-Followup-To: paul@hibernia.jakma.org X-NSA: al aqsar fluffy jihad cute musharef kittens jet-A1 ear avgas wax ammonium bad qran dog inshallah allah al-akbar martyr iraq hammas hisballah rabin ayatollah korea revolt pelvix mustard gas x-ray british airways washington peroxide cool MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 762 Lines: 25 On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Albert Cahalan wrote: > For Joerg's reference, open() goes like this: > > 1. the /dev name > 2. the inode > 3. the device number > 4. pointers to structs full of function pointers > > Nowhere is it in B/T/L form. And, for whatever it's worth, TTBOMK Solaris does not arrange SCSI into a B/T/L address hierarchy internally either. regards, -- Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie paul@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: Mystics always hope that science will some day overtake them. -- Booth Tarkington - 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/