Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750819AbWBMQio (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:38:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750865AbWBMQio (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:38:44 -0500 Received: from mailhub.fokus.fraunhofer.de ([193.174.154.14]:7167 "EHLO mailhub.fokus.fraunhofer.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750819AbWBMQim (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:38:42 -0500 From: Joerg Schilling Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:37:18 +0100 To: schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de, jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de Cc: peter.read@gmail.com, mj@ucw.cz, matthias.andree@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jim@why.dont.jablowme.net, jerome.lacoste@gmail.com, dhazelton@enter.net Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) Message-ID: <43F0B5BE.nailMBX2SZNBE@burner> References: <20060208162828.GA17534@voodoo> <43EC887B.nailISDGC9CP5@burner> <200602090757.13767.dhazelton@enter.net> <43EC8F22.nailISDL17DJF@burner> <5a2cf1f60602100738r465dd996m2ddc8ef18bf1b716@mail.gmail.com> <43F06220.nailKUS5D8SL2@burner> <5a2cf1f60602130407j79805b8al55fe999426d90b97@mail.gmail.com> <43F0A010.nailKUSR1CGG5@burner> <5a2cf1f60602130724n7b060e29r57411260b04d5972@mail.gmail.com> <43F0AA83.nailKUS171HI4B@burner> <5a2cf1f60602130805u537de206k22fa418ee214cf02@mail.gmail.com> <43F0B2BA.nailKUS1DNTEHA@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: 1713 Lines: 51 Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >> The information printed will be printed in a format such as: > >> > >> b,t,l <= os_specific_name > > > >Why do you believe that this kind of mapping is needed? > > > > Assume the user has a /dev/white_dvd and a /dev/black_dvd, both of being > the same brand. `cdrecord -scanbus` would return sth like > > scsibus0: > 0,0,0 0) * > 0,1,0 1) 'HL-DT-ST' 'DVDRAM GSA-4160B' 'A301' Removable CD-ROM > 0,2,0 2) * > 0,3,0 3) * > 0,4,0 4) * > 0,5,0 5) * > 0,6,0 6) * > 0,7,0 7) * > scsibus1: > 1,0,0 0) * > 1,1,0 1) 'HL-DT-ST' 'DVDRAM GSA-4160B' 'A301' Removable CD-ROM > 1,2,0 2) * > 1,3,0 3) * > 1,4,0 4) * > 1,5,0 5) * > 1,6,0 6) * > 1,7,0 7) * > > probably. But how to find out from the btl which one is the black and which > one is the white one? A user has a bigger chance to do that from b,t,l than a program has when trying possible aliases.... And if you have a working vold on Solaris, libscg accepts the vold aliases. 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/