Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423014AbWBBG3g (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 01:29:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423016AbWBBG3g (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 01:29:36 -0500 Received: from atpro.com ([12.161.0.3]:25866 "EHLO atpro.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423014AbWBBG3f (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 01:29:35 -0500 Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 01:28:41 -0500 From: Jim Crilly To: Joerg Schilling Cc: j@bitron.ch, mrmacman_g4@mac.com, matthias.andree@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de, James@superbug.co.uk, acahalan@gmail.com Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) Message-ID: <20060202062840.GI5501@mail> Mail-Followup-To: 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, acahalan@gmail.com References: <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> <1138710764.17338.47.camel@juerg-t40p.bitron.ch> <43DF6812.nail3B44TLQOP@burner> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <43DF6812.nail3B44TLQOP@burner> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 985 Lines: 27 On 01/31/06 02:37:22PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Juerg Billeter wrote: > > > > So why do people try to convince me that there is a need to avoid the standard > > > SCSI protocol stack because a PC might have only ATAPI? > > > > > > Major OS implementations use a unique view on SCSI (MS-win [*], FreeBSD, Solaris, > > > ...). Why do people believe that Linux needs to be different? What does it buy > > > you to go this way? > > > > Why do you believe that Linux needs to do the same as every other OS? > > Why do you believe that Linux needs to be worse than other OS? > Every other method to access those devices uses the device name, i.e. mount, fsck, etc, so why should cdrecord be different? > J?rg Jim. - 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/