Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030298AbWBTQG7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:06:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030299AbWBTQG7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:06:59 -0500 Received: from mailhub.fokus.fraunhofer.de ([193.174.154.14]:59540 "EHLO mailhub.fokus.fraunhofer.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030298AbWBTQG6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:06:58 -0500 From: Joerg Schilling Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:05:22 +0100 To: schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de, davidsen@tmr.com Cc: nix@esperi.org.uk, mj@ucw.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, chris@gnome-de.org, axboe@suse.de Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) Message-ID: <43F9E8C2.nail4ALB11DH3@burner> References: <787b0d920601241923k5cde2bfcs75b89360b8313b5b@mail.gmail.com> <20060125144543.GY4212@suse.de> <20060125153057.GG4212@suse.de> <43ED005F.5060804@tmr.com> <1139615496.10395.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> <43F088AB.nailKUSB18RM0@burner> <43F0A319.nailKUSXT33MZ@burner> <43F7257D.80400@tmr.com> In-Reply-To: <43F7257D.80400@tmr.com> 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: 1170 Lines: 27 Bill Davidsen wrote: > >If you did ever try to write reliable code that has to deal with this kind of > >oddities, you would understand that it is sometimes better to wait and to inform > >related people about the problems they caused. > > > > > This ground has been covered. And at least in the case of filtering > commands, that had to be done quickly and you know it. We all know that filtering is not needeed to fix a bug. It could have been implemented completely relaxed and without any time pressure as the bug that needed fixing could have been fixed by just requiring a R/W FD to allow SG_IO. 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/