Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932151AbWBMQnw (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:43:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932157AbWBMQnw (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:43:52 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:898 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932151AbWBMQnv (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:43:51 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:43:41 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Joerg Schilling cc: davidsen@tmr.com, chris@gnome-de.org, nix@esperi.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, axboe@suse.de Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) In-Reply-To: <43F088AB.nailKUSB18RM0@burner> Message-ID: References: <787b0d920601241923k5cde2bfcs75b89360b8313b5b@mail.gmail.com> <20060125144543.GY4212@suse.de> <20060125153057.GG4212@suse.de> <43D7AF56.nailDFJ882IWI@ <43ED005F.5060804@tmr.com> <1139615496.10395.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> <43F088AB.nailKUSB18RM0@burner> 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: 809 Lines: 20 >> Well, "any user" just opens his Windows Explorer and takes a look at the >> icon of his drive D:\\ to see whether it's a CD-ROM or DVD. It is >> interesting to see professional programmers often argue that a > >This is not true: a drive letter mapping does not need to exist on MS-WIN >in order to be able to access it via ASPI or SPTI. > I have to support this view. Linux filesystems do not show up in Windows Explorer (because there's obviously an fs driver lacking), but there's always a way to damage your Linux from within Windows. 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/