Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161033AbWBNMXh (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Feb 2006 07:23:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161032AbWBNMXh (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Feb 2006 07:23:37 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.21]:50151 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1161033AbWBNMXg (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Feb 2006 07:23:36 -0500 X-Authenticated: #428038 Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:23:33 +0100 From: Matthias Andree To: Joerg Schilling Cc: Linux-Kernel mailing list Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) Message-ID: <20060214122333.GA32743@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: Joerg Schilling , Linux-Kernel mailing list References: <5a2cf1f60602130407j79805b8al55fe999426d90b97@mail.gmail.com> <43F0A010.nailKUSR1CGG5@burner> <5a2cf1f60602130724n7b060e29r57411260b04d5972@mail.gmail.com> <43F0AA83.nailKUS171HI4B@burner> <5a2cf1f60602130805u537de206k22fa418ee214cf02@mail.gmail.com> <43F0B2BA.nailKUS1DNTEHA@burner> <43F0B5BE.nailMBX2SZNBE@burner> <200602131919.k1DJJF5G025923@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <43F1C385.nailMWZ599SQ5@burner> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43F1C385.nailMWZ599SQ5@burner> X-PGP-Key: http://home.pages.de/~mandree/keys/GPGKEY.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 917 Lines: 29 Joerg Schilling schrieb am 2006-02-14: > - How does HAL allow one cdrecord instance to work > without being interrupted by HAL? That is not the duty of an external system such as HAL and its daemons, hald*. There is ongoing research WRT HAL interruptions, and the final word on HAL, O_EXCL and everything has not yet been spoken IMO. Indulge yourself, I'm quite sure this will have been sorted out before Equinoxe. > - How to send non disturbing SCSI commands from another > cdrecord process in case one or more are already running? Open the device node you obtained and send non-disturbing commands through it. No special treatment required. -- Matthias Andree - 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/