Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932513AbWBIR3q (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Feb 2006 12:29:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932516AbWBIR3q (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Feb 2006 12:29:46 -0500 Received: from mailhub.fokus.fraunhofer.de ([193.174.154.14]:21656 "EHLO mailhub.fokus.fraunhofer.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932513AbWBIR3p (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Feb 2006 12:29:45 -0500 From: Joerg Schilling Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 18:28:26 +0100 To: schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de, jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de Cc: peter.read@gmail.com, matthias.andree@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jim@why.dont.jablowme.net Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) Message-ID: <43EB7BBA.nailIFG412CGY@burner> References: <200602031724.55729.luke@dashjr.org> <43E7545E.nail7GN11WAQ9@burner> <73d8d0290602060706o75f04c1cx@mail.gmail.com> <43E7680E.2000506@gmx.de> <20060206205437.GA12270@voodoo> <43E89B56.nailA792EWNLG@burner> <20060207183712.GC5341@voodoo> <43E9F1CD.nail2BR11FL52@burner> <20060208162828.GA17534@voodoo> <43EA1D26.nail40E11SL53@burner> <20060208165330.GB17534@voodoo> <43EB0DEB.nail52A1LVGUO@burner> <43EB7210.nailIDH2JUBZE@burner> In-Reply-To: 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: 1337 Lines: 36 Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >> >Please explain me: > >> > > >> >- how to use /dev/hd* in order to scan an image from a scanner > >> >- how to use /dev/hd* in order to talk to a CPU device > >> >- how to use /dev/hd* in order to talk to a tape device > >> >- how to use /dev/hd* in order to talk to a printer > >> >- how to use /dev/hd* in order to talk to a jukebox > >> >- how to use /dev/hd* in order to talk to a graphical device > >> > > >> With /dev/sg, this was possible? > > > >Of course! > > > But you need to open the correct /dev/sg[0-9] too, don't you? > (otherwise cdrecord would set the jukebox on fire) This is why the mapping engine is in the Linux adoption part of libscg. It maps the non-stable device <-> /dev/sg* relation to a stable b,t,l address. 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/