Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:55:32 +0100
From: Marc Koschewski <marc@osknowledge.org>
To: Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de>
Cc: nix@esperi.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, greg@kroah.com,
       davidsen@tmr.com, axboe@suse.de
Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)
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* Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> [2006-02-16 13:09:53 +0100]:

> Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> > > Please send me a statement on how long this interface will be maintained
> > > inside Linux without breaking interfaces.
> >
> > What a ridiculous request. If people use it, it won't be broken. If it
> > proves unusable due to flaws, it will change. Sheesh.
> 
> Looks like you are a Linux newby and did not yet relize how Linux
> is maintained :-(
> 
> ide-scsi is used and needed but made unsusable.

I remember a time when I used it in order to be able to burn CDs. Nowadays it
works, however, without the module. Don't know who is using it. Or what for..

Marc
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