Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750705AbWBQPpW (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:45:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751438AbWBQPpW (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:45:22 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:49110 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750705AbWBQPpW (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:45:22 -0500 Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:45:17 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Joerg Schilling cc: dhazelton@enter.net, matthias.andree@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) In-Reply-To: <43F5B686.nail2VCA2A2OF@burner> Message-ID: References: <43EB7BBA.nailIFG412CGY@burner> <20060216115204.GA8713@merlin.emma.line.org> <43F4BF26.nail2KA210T4X@burner> <200602161742.26419.dhazelton@enter.net> <43F5B686.nail2VCA2A2OF@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: 959 Lines: 22 >> Of the two bugs you've reported, one only exists in a deprecated and soon to >> be removed module. I will try to fix the other one as soon as you can provide >> me with enough data that I can see exactly what is getting messed up where. > >Sorry, the way to access SCSI generic via /dev/hd* is deprecated. If ide-scsi >ir removed, then a clean and orthogonal way of accessing SCSI in a generic >way is removed from Linux. If Linux does nto care about orthogonality of >interfaces, this is a problem of the people who are responbile for the related >interfaces. > So what you want is to be able to use write() on a device rather than doing SG_IO ioctl() on device? 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/